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60473

ZIP 60473 is South Holland, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 708 and 464; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Population
21,225
Coordinates
41.5974, -87.6013
☼ Live from 60473 — South Holland, IL

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Where 60473 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60473
  • 🔢 Type 60473 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELhOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,473 = 7 × 53 × 163. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110000111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60472 (Robbins, IL, 6 mi away) and 60474 (South Wilmington, IL, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60473 becomes 37406 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chattanooga, TN, 468 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03467, 03746, 04637, 04673, 04736, 04763, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04736 in Caribou, ME, 1,032 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯587 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60473 and you would come out at 41.60°S, 92.40°E — 1,195 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
  • 📏 At 7.8 square miles of land, 60473 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,225This ZIP21,225
Households7,461This ZIP7,461
Housing units7,780This ZIP7,780
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$85,659This ZIP$85,659Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$216,500This ZIP$216,500Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,856This ZIP$1,856Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.7%This ZIP25.7%
Mean commute34.0 minThis ZIP34.0 min
Population density2,705.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,705.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments551This ZIP551
Employees10,974This ZIP10,974
Annual payroll$552,624,000This ZIP$552,624,000
Tax returns filed11,370This ZIP11,370
Total adjusted gross income$660,011,000This ZIP$660,011,000

Land area

Land area7.84 sq miThis ZIP7.84 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 60473

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ZIP codes near 60473

ZIPCityDistance
60476 Thornton, IL 1.9 mi
60419 Dolton, IL 2.1 mi
60409 Calumet City, IL 2.8 mi
60426 Harvey, IL 2.8 mi
60438 Lansing, IL 3.4 mi
60425 Glenwood, IL 3.8 mi
60827 Riverdale, IL 4.0 mi
60430 Homewood, IL 4.2 mi
60429 Hazel Crest, IL 4.6 mi
60428 Markham, IL 4.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60473?

60473 is in South Holland, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5974, -87.6013.

What county is 60473 in?

60473 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60473?

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

What time zone is 60473 in?

60473 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60473?

About 21,225 people live in ZIP code 60473, in 7,461 households, at 2,705.9 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 60473?

$85,659 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60473?

The closest are 60476 (1.9 mi), 60419 (2.1 mi), 60409 (2.8 mi), 60426 (2.8 mi) and 60438 (3.4 mi).

Is 60473 a PO Box ZIP code?

60473 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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