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60208

ZIP 60208 is in Evanston, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 847 and 224; Central time. Evanston has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 60201, 60202, 60203, 60204 and 60209.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Population
255
Coordinates
42.0536, -87.6703
☼ Live from 60208 — Evanston, IL

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Where 60208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60208
  • 🔢 Type 60208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 53 × 71. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101100110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60204 (Evanston, IL, 1 mi away) and 60209 (Evanston, IL, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60208 becomes 80206 — and that is a real ZIP code: Denver, CO, 915 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00682, 02806, 02860, 06028, 06082, 06280, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00682 in Mayaguez, PR, 2,041 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯589 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60208 and you would come out at 42.05°S, 92.33°E — 1,174 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.
  • 📏 At 0.213 square miles of land, 60208 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 103 football fields.
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People and housing

Population255This ZIP255
Households0
Housing units0
Median age20.4This ZIP20.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher55.0%This ZIP55.0%
Mean commute20.0 minThis ZIP20.0 min
Population density1,197.2 / sq miThis ZIP1,197.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees20,972This ZIP20,972
Annual payroll$1,729,963,000This ZIP$1,729,963,000

Land area

Land area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi
Water area0.30 sq miThis ZIP0.30 sq mi

Other place names in 60208

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 60208

ZIPCityDistance
60209 Evanston, IL 0.5 mi
60201 Evanston, IL 1.1 mi
60204 Evanston, IL 1.3 mi
60202 Evanston, IL 1.8 mi
60203 Evanston, IL 2.4 mi
60091 Wilmette, IL 3.1 mi
60626 Chicago, IL 3.1 mi
60076 Skokie, IL 3.3 mi
60043 Kenilworth, IL 3.3 mi
60645 Chicago, IL 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60208?

60208 is in Evanston, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0536, -87.6703.

What county is 60208 in?

60208 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60208?

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

What time zone is 60208 in?

60208 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60208?

About 255 people live in ZIP code 60208, at 1,197.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 60208?

The closest are 60209 (0.5 mi), 60201 (1.1 mi), 60204 (1.3 mi), 60202 (1.8 mi) and 60203 (2.4 mi).

Is 60208 a PO Box ZIP code?

60208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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