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60142

ZIP 60142 is Huntley, Illinois, mostly in McHenry County; area codes 224 and 847; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
McHenry +1 more
Population
29,692
Coordinates
42.1739, -88.4447
☼ Live from 60142 — Huntley, IL

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Where 60142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60142
  • 🔢 Type 60142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,142 = 2 × 30071. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101011101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60141 (Hines, IL, 38 mi away) and 60143 (Itasca, IL, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60142 becomes 24106, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01264, 01462, 02461, 02641, 04216, 04261, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04612 in Bernard, ME, 1,018 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯552 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60142 and you would come out at 42.17°S, 91.56°E — 1,136 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 06m.
  • 📏 At 38.9 square miles of land, 60142 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,692This ZIP29,692
Households12,891This ZIP12,891
Housing units13,152This ZIP13,152
Median age49.6This ZIP49.6Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$89,735This ZIP$89,735Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$339,900This ZIP$339,900Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,613This ZIP$1,613Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.2%This ZIP42.2%
Mean commute29.5 minThis ZIP29.5 min
Population density763.6 / sq miThis ZIP763.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments619This ZIP619
Employees7,009This ZIP7,009
Annual payroll$381,349,000This ZIP$381,349,000
Tax returns filed15,820This ZIP15,820
Total adjusted gross income$1,558,332,000This ZIP$1,558,332,000

Land area

Land area38.88 sq miThis ZIP38.88 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Counties 60142 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
McHenry County 72.5%
Kane County 27.5%

Other place names in 60142

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ZIP codes near 60142

ZIPCityDistance
60180 Union, IL 5.2 mi
60136 Gilberts, IL 5.8 mi
60156 Lake In The Hills, IL 6.7 mi
60102 Algonquin, IL 6.9 mi
60014 Crystal Lake, IL 7.1 mi
60140 Hampshire, IL 7.4 mi
60118 Dundee, IL 8.2 mi
60110 Carpentersville, IL 8.9 mi
60109 Burlington, IL 9.6 mi
60012 Crystal Lake, IL 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60142?

60142 is in Huntley, Illinois, in McHenry County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1739, -88.4447.

What county is 60142 in?

60142 spans 2 counties: McHenry County and Kane 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 60142?

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

What time zone is 60142 in?

60142 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60142?

About 29,692 people live in ZIP code 60142, in 12,891 households, at 763.6 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 60142?

$89,735 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60142?

The closest are 60180 (5.2 mi), 60136 (5.8 mi), 60156 (6.7 mi), 60102 (6.9 mi) and 60014 (7.1 mi).

Is 60142 a PO Box ZIP code?

60142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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