60147

ZIP 60147 is Lafox, Illinois, in Kane County; area codes 331 and 630; Central time.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Kane
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Coordinates: 41.9370, -88.4202

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 60175, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

☼ Live from 60147 — Lafox, IL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar

Finding the nearest radar…

Local time: —

Where 60147 is

Loading map… Open 60147 on OpenStreetMap

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 60147

🔢 Type 60147 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 60,147 = 3 × 3 × 41 × 163. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101011110011
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60146 (Kirkland, IL, 26 mi away) and 60148 (Lombard, IL, 21 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 60147 becomes 74106 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tulsa, OK, 567 miles away.
👥 72 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01467, 01746, 04617, 04671, 04761, 06147, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04671 in Robbinston, ME, 1,084 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
🎯550 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60147 and you would come out at 41.94°S, 91.58°E — 1,147 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.

🌙 The sky over 60147 today

Working out the sun…

🌋 Shake report

Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

Business and tax activity

Business establishments	11This ZIP11
Employees	358This ZIP358
Annual payroll	$32,029,000This ZIP$32,029,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 60147

ZIP	City	Distance
`60183`	Wasco, IL	0.6 mi
`60175`	Saint Charles, IL	1.8 mi
`60134`	Geneva, IL	5.7 mi
`60124`	Elgin, IL	5.8 mi
`60174`	Saint Charles, IL	6.3 mi
`60119`	Elburn, IL	6.6 mi
`60177`	South Elgin, IL	6.7 mi
`60151`	Maple Park, IL	8.2 mi
`60510`	Batavia, IL	8.6 mi
`60184`	Wayne, IL	8.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 60147 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60147?

60147 is in Lafox, Illinois, in Kane County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9370, -88.4202.

What county is 60147 in?

60147 lies in Kane County.

What area code is 60147?

Lafox uses area codes 331 and 630, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60147 in?

60147 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60147?

The closest are 60183 (0.6 mi), 60175 (1.8 mi), 60134 (5.7 mi), 60124 (5.8 mi) and 60174 (6.3 mi).

Is 60147 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.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “60147 ZIP Code — Lafox, Illinois (Kane County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/60147

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/60147.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.