60179

ZIP 60179 is in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 847 and 224; Central time. Hoffman Estates has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 60169 and 60192.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Cook
Metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Coordinates: 42.0793, -88.2237

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 60192, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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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 60179

🔢 Type 60179 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLIOg — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 60,179 = 7 × 8597. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101100010011
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60178 (Sycamore, IL, 23 mi away) and 60180 (Union, IL, 18 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 60179 becomes 97106 — and that is a real ZIP code: Banks, OR, 1,742 miles away.
👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06791, 07961, 09176, 09716, 10976, 17069, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09176 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,397 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
🎯562 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60179 and you would come out at 42.08°S, 91.78°E — 1,149 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.

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Business establishments	10This ZIP10
Employees	1,237This ZIP1,237
Annual payroll	$90,050,000This ZIP$90,050,000

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ZIP codes near 60179

ZIP	City	Distance
`60192`	Hoffman Estates, IL	1.5 mi
`60120`	Elgin, IL	3.3 mi
`60121`	Elgin, IL	4.1 mi
`60110`	Carpentersville, IL	4.2 mi
`60122`	Elgin, IL	4.3 mi
`60107`	Streamwood, IL	4.7 mi
`60118`	Dundee, IL	4.9 mi
`60123`	Elgin, IL	5.2 mi
`60010`	Barrington, IL	5.5 mi
`60169`	Hoffman Estates, IL	5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60179?

60179 is in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0793, -88.2237.

What county is 60179 in?

60179 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60179?

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

What time zone is 60179 in?

60179 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60179?

The closest are 60192 (1.5 mi), 60120 (3.3 mi), 60121 (4.1 mi), 60110 (4.2 mi) and 60122 (4.3 mi).

Is 60179 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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