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60401

ZIP 60401 is Beecher, Illinois, mostly in Will County; area codes 708 and 464; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Will +1 more
Population
7,647
Coordinates
41.3471, -87.6141
☼ Live from 60401 — Beecher, IL

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Where 60401 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60401
  • 🔢 Type 60401 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOhOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,401 = 11 × 17 × 17 × 19. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110101111110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60399 (Wood Dale, IL, 45 mi away) and 60402 (Berwyn, IL, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60401 becomes 10406, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00614, 00641, 01460, 01604, 04016, 04061, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00641 in Utuado, PR, 2,017 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯584 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60401 and you would come out at 41.35°S, 92.39°E — 1,204 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 56.7 square miles of land, 60401 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 43 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,647This ZIP7,647
Households2,772This ZIP2,772
Housing units2,990This ZIP2,990
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$97,569This ZIP$97,569Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$260,500This ZIP$260,500Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,095This ZIP$1,095Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.8%This ZIP19.8%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density134.9 / sq miThis ZIP134.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments162This ZIP162
Employees1,500This ZIP1,500
Annual payroll$65,519,000This ZIP$65,519,000
Tax returns filed4,050This ZIP4,050
Total adjusted gross income$325,191,000This ZIP$325,191,000

Land area

Land area56.67 sq miThis ZIP56.67 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 60401 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Will County 98.0%
Kankakee County 2.0%

Other place names in 60401

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ZIP codes near 60401

ZIPCityDistance
60417 Crete, IL 5.7 mi
60940 Grant Park, IL 6.9 mi
46303 Cedar Lake, IN 7.2 mi
60484 University Park, IL 8.3 mi
60475 Steger, IL 8.7 mi
60449 Monee, IL 9.8 mi
60466 Park Forest, IL 9.8 mi
46311 Dyer, IN 10.0 mi
46373 Saint John, IN 10.0 mi
60468 Peotone, IL 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60401?

60401 is in Beecher, Illinois, in Will County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3471, -87.6141.

What county is 60401 in?

60401 spans 2 counties: Will County and Kankakee County. Most of it falls in Will 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 60401?

Beecher uses area codes 708 and 464, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60401 in?

60401 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60401?

About 7,647 people live in ZIP code 60401, in 2,772 households, at 134.9 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 60401?

$97,569 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60401?

The closest are 60417 (5.7 mi), 60940 (6.9 mi), 46303 (7.2 mi), 60484 (8.3 mi) and 60475 (8.7 mi).

Is 60401 a PO Box ZIP code?

60401 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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