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60061

ZIP 60061 is Vernon Hills, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 847 and 224; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Population
27,974
Coordinates
42.2329, -87.9589
☼ Live from 60061 — Vernon Hills, IL

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Where 60061 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60061
  • 🔢 Type 60061 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,061 = 17 × 3533. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60060 (Mundelein, IL, 5 mi away) and 60062 (Northbrook, IL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60061 becomes 16006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00616, 01066, 01606, 06016, 06061, 06106, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00616 in Bajadero, PR, 2,066 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯577 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60061 and you would come out at 42.23°S, 92.04°E — 1,155 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 8.4 square miles of land, 60061 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,974This ZIP27,974
Households11,343This ZIP11,343
Housing units11,823This ZIP11,823
Median age41.9This ZIP41.9Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$124,468This ZIP$124,468Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$416,700This ZIP$416,700Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,908This ZIP$1,908Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher67.6%This ZIP67.6%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density3,347.4 / sq miThis ZIP3,347.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,025This ZIP1,025
Employees17,493This ZIP17,493
Annual payroll$1,130,524,000This ZIP$1,130,524,000
Tax returns filed13,430This ZIP13,430
Total adjusted gross income$1,801,979,000This ZIP$1,801,979,000

Land area

Land area8.36 sq miThis ZIP8.36 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 60061

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ZIP codes near 60061

ZIPCityDistance
60069 Lincolnshire, IL 3.1 mi
60048 Libertyville, IL 4.2 mi
60089 Buffalo Grove, IL 4.5 mi
60045 Lake Forest, IL 4.8 mi
60060 Mundelein, IL 4.9 mi
60047 Lake Zurich, IL 5.0 mi
60015 Deerfield, IL 5.8 mi
60044 Lake Bluff, IL 6.3 mi
60040 Highwood, IL 7.7 mi
60090 Wheeling, IL 7.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60061?

60061 is in Vernon Hills, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2329, -87.9589.

What county is 60061 in?

60061 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60061?

Vernon Hills uses area codes 847 and 224, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60061 in?

60061 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60061?

About 27,974 people live in ZIP code 60061, in 11,343 households, at 3,347.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 60061?

$124,468 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60061?

The closest are 60069 (3.1 mi), 60048 (4.2 mi), 60089 (4.5 mi), 60045 (4.8 mi) and 60060 (4.9 mi).

Is 60061 a PO Box ZIP code?

60061 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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