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60070

ZIP 60070 is Prospect Heights, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 847, 224, 312, 630 and 708; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Population
15,496
Coordinates
42.1037, -87.9290
☼ Live from 60070 — Prospect Heights, IL

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Where 60070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60070
  • 🔢 Type 60070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,070 = 2 × 5 × 6007. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60069 (Lincolnshire, IL, 6 mi away) and 60071 (Richmond, IL, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60070 becomes 07006 — and that is a real ZIP code: Caldwell, NJ, 711 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00670, 06070, 07006, 07060, 60007, 70006, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00670 in Las Marias, PR, 2,058 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% 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 60070 and you would come out at 42.10°S, 92.07°E — 1,161 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
  • 📏 At 4.0 square miles of land, 60070 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,496This ZIP15,496
Households6,628This ZIP6,628
Housing units6,864This ZIP6,864
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$84,775This ZIP$84,775Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$343,000This ZIP$343,000Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,475This ZIP$1,475Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.0%This ZIP41.0%
Mean commute26.0 minThis ZIP26.0 min
Population density3,897.4 / sq miThis ZIP3,897.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments412This ZIP412
Employees1,603This ZIP1,603
Annual payroll$73,689,000This ZIP$73,689,000
Tax returns filed7,820This ZIP7,820
Total adjusted gross income$754,758,000This ZIP$754,758,000

Land area

Land area3.98 sq miThis ZIP3.98 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 60070

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 60070

ZIPCityDistance
60090 Wheeling, IL 1.8 mi
60056 Mount Prospect, IL 2.7 mi
60004 Arlington Heights, IL 2.7 mi
60006 Arlington Heights, IL 2.8 mi
60016 Des Plaines, IL 4.0 mi
60005 Arlington Heights, IL 4.0 mi
60038 Palatine, IL 4.4 mi
60055 Palatine, IL 4.4 mi
60062 Northbrook, IL 4.6 mi
60026 Glenview, IL 4.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60070?

60070 is in Prospect Heights, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1037, -87.9290.

What county is 60070 in?

60070 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60070?

Prospect Heights uses area codes 847, 224, 312, 630 and 708, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60070 in?

60070 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60070?

About 15,496 people live in ZIP code 60070, in 6,628 households, at 3,897.4 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 60070?

$84,775 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60070?

The closest are 60090 (1.8 mi), 60056 (2.7 mi), 60004 (2.7 mi), 60006 (2.8 mi) and 60016 (4 mi).

Is 60070 a PO Box ZIP code?

60070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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