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60478

ZIP 60478 is Country Club Hills, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 708 and 464; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Population
16,390
Coordinates
41.5542, -87.7355
☼ Live from 60478 — Country Club Hills, IL

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Where 60478 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60478
  • 🔢 Type 60478 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLhOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,478 = 2 × 11 × 2749. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110000111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60477 (Tinley Park, IL, 3 mi away) and 60479 (Verona, IL, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60478 becomes 87406, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04768, 04786, 06478, 06487, 06784, 07648, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84760 in Paragonah, UT, 1,342 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯580 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60478 and you would come out at 41.55°S, 92.26°E — 1,191 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 9.8 square miles of land, 60478 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,390This ZIP16,390
Households5,600This ZIP5,600
Housing units6,105This ZIP6,105
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$74,826This ZIP$74,826Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$192,400This ZIP$192,400Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,709This ZIP$1,709Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.6%This ZIP29.6%
Mean commute31.0 minThis ZIP31.0 min
Population density1,675.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,675.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments177This ZIP177
Employees2,171This ZIP2,171
Annual payroll$98,868,000This ZIP$98,868,000
Tax returns filed7,910This ZIP7,910
Total adjusted gross income$414,407,000This ZIP$414,407,000

Land area

Land area9.79 sq miThis ZIP9.79 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 60478

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ZIP codes near 60478

ZIPCityDistance
60422 Flossmoor, IL 2.9 mi
60477 Tinley Park, IL 3.0 mi
60429 Hazel Crest, IL 3.0 mi
60461 Olympia Fields, IL 3.4 mi
60443 Matteson, IL 3.6 mi
60430 Homewood, IL 3.8 mi
60452 Oak Forest, IL 3.9 mi
60428 Markham, IL 3.9 mi
60487 Tinley Park, IL 4.9 mi
60445 Midlothian, IL 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60478?

60478 is in Country Club Hills, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5542, -87.7355.

What county is 60478 in?

60478 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60478?

Country Club Hills uses area codes 708 and 464, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60478 in?

60478 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60478?

About 16,390 people live in ZIP code 60478, in 5,600 households, at 1,675.0 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 60478?

$74,826 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60478?

The closest are 60422 (2.9 mi), 60477 (3 mi), 60429 (3 mi), 60461 (3.4 mi) and 60443 (3.6 mi).

Is 60478 a PO Box ZIP code?

60478 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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