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60081

ZIP 60081 is Spring Grove, Illinois, mostly in McHenry County; area codes 815 and 779; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
McHenry +1 more
Population
9,088
Coordinates
42.4491, -88.2267
☼ Live from 60081 — Spring Grove, IL

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Where 60081 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60081
  • 🔢 Type 60081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,081 = 3 × 7 × 2861. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101010110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60079 (Waukegan, IL, 20 mi away) and 60082 (Techny, IL, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60081 becomes 18006, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00681, 01068, 01086, 01608, 01860, 06018, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00681 in Mayaguez, PR, 2,082 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯568 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60081 and you would come out at 42.45°S, 91.77°E — 1,136 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 19.7 square miles of land, 60081 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,088This ZIP9,088
Households3,335This ZIP3,335
Housing units3,482This ZIP3,482
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$116,706This ZIP$116,706Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$355,300This ZIP$355,300Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,201This ZIP$1,201Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.3%This ZIP34.3%
Mean commute33.9 minThis ZIP33.9 min
Population density460.9 / sq miThis ZIP460.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments232This ZIP232
Employees2,326This ZIP2,326
Annual payroll$167,051,000This ZIP$167,051,000
Tax returns filed4,710This ZIP4,710
Total adjusted gross income$547,591,000This ZIP$547,591,000

Land area

Land area19.72 sq miThis ZIP19.72 sq mi
Water area0.41 sq miThis ZIP0.41 sq mi

Counties 60081 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
McHenry County 81.6%
Lake County 18.4%

Other place names in 60081

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ZIP codes near 60081

ZIPCityDistance
60020 Fox Lake, IL 4.6 mi
60071 Richmond, IL 4.7 mi
53181 Twin Lakes, WI 4.9 mi
60072 Ringwood, IL 5.0 mi
53192 Wilmot, WI 5.1 mi
53101 Bassett, WI 6.3 mi
53179 Trevor, WI 6.6 mi
60041 Ingleside, IL 6.6 mi
60051 Mchenry, IL 6.8 mi
60002 Antioch, IL 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60081?

60081 is in Spring Grove, Illinois, in McHenry County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4491, -88.2267.

What county is 60081 in?

60081 spans 2 counties: McHenry County and Lake County. Most of it falls in McHenry County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 60081?

Spring Grove uses area codes 815 and 779, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60081 in?

60081 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60081?

About 9,088 people live in ZIP code 60081, in 3,335 households, at 460.9 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 60081?

$116,706 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60081?

The closest are 60020 (4.6 mi), 60071 (4.7 mi), 53181 (4.9 mi), 60072 (5 mi) and 53192 (5.1 mi).

Is 60081 a PO Box ZIP code?

60081 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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