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60499

ZIP 60499 is Bedford Park, Illinois, in Cook County; Central time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Coordinates
41.8119, -87.6873

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 60632, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 60499 is

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 60499
  • 🔢 Type 60499 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGhOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,499 = 101 × 599. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110001010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60491 (Homer Glen, IL, 20 mi away) and 60501 (Summit Argo, IL, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60499 becomes 99406, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04969, 09469, 09694, 46990, 49096, 49690, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96940 in Palau, PW, 8,134 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯585 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60499 and you would come out at 41.81°S, 92.31°E — 1,183 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees77This ZIP77
Annual payroll$4,663,000This ZIP$4,663,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 60499

ZIPCityDistance
60454 Oak Lawn, IL 0.0 mi
60664 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60668 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60669 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60670 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60673 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60674 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60675 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60677 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi
60678 Chicago, IL 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60499?

60499 is in Bedford Park, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8119, -87.6873.

What county is 60499 in?

60499 lies in Cook County.

What time zone is 60499 in?

60499 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 60499?

The closest are 60454 (0 mi), 60664 (0 mi), 60668 (0 mi), 60669 (0 mi) and 60670 (0 mi).

Is 60499 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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