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60079

ZIP 60079 is in Waukegan, Illinois, in Lake County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time. Waukegan has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 60085 and 60087.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Coordinates
42.3636, -87.8448

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 60085, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60079 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60079
  • 🔢 Type 60079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,079 = 73 × 823. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60078 (Palatine, IL, 20 mi away) and 60081 (Spring Grove, IL, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60079 becomes 97006 — and that is a real ZIP code: Beaverton, OR, 1,741 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00769, 00976, 06079, 06790, 06907, 07069, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09760 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,990 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯585 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60079 and you would come out at 42.36°S, 92.16°E — 1,155 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees66This ZIP66
Annual payroll$2,155,000This ZIP$2,155,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 60079

ZIPCityDistance
60085 Waukegan, IL 1.0 mi
60087 Waukegan, IL 2.8 mi
60064 North Chicago, IL 2.9 mi
60088 Great Lakes, IL 3.7 mi
60031 Gurnee, IL 4.9 mi
60044 Lake Bluff, IL 5.3 mi
60086 North Chicago, IL 5.9 mi
60099 Zion, IL 6.7 mi
60048 Libertyville, IL 7.1 mi
60083 Wadsworth, IL 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60079?

60079 is in Waukegan, Illinois, in Lake County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3636, -87.8448.

What county is 60079 in?

60079 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 60079?

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

What time zone is 60079 in?

60079 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60079?

The closest are 60085 (1 mi), 60087 (2.8 mi), 60064 (2.9 mi), 60088 (3.7 mi) and 60031 (4.9 mi).

Is 60079 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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