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60161

ZIP 60161 is in Melrose Park, Illinois, in Cook County; Central time. Melrose Park has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 60160 and 60164.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Coordinates
41.9006, -87.8567

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 60160, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60161 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 60161
  • 🔢 Type 60161 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 60161 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101100000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60160 (Melrose Park, IL, 0 mi away) and 60162 (Hillside, IL, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60161 becomes 16106, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06161, 06611, 10166, 16016, 16061, 16160, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06161 in Hartford, CT, 781 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯578 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60161 and you would come out at 41.90°S, 92.14°E — 1,172 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.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees61This ZIP61
Annual payroll$3,548,000This ZIP$3,548,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 60161

ZIPCityDistance
60160 Melrose Park, IL 0.3 mi
60165 Stone Park, IL 1.2 mi
60153 Maywood, IL 1.6 mi
60104 Bellwood, IL 1.6 mi
60171 River Grove, IL 1.9 mi
60305 River Forest, IL 2.0 mi
60164 Melrose Park, IL 2.5 mi
60163 Berkeley, IL 2.9 mi
60131 Franklin Park, IL 2.9 mi
60707 Elmwood Park, IL 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60161?

60161 is in Melrose Park, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9006, -87.8567.

What county is 60161 in?

60161 lies in Cook County.

What time zone is 60161 in?

60161 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60161?

The closest are 60160 (0.3 mi), 60165 (1.2 mi), 60153 (1.6 mi), 60104 (1.6 mi) and 60171 (1.9 mi).

Is 60161 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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