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60516

ZIP 60516 is in Downers Grove, Illinois, in DuPage County; area codes 630 and 331; Central time. Downers Grove has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 60515.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
DuPage
Population
28,062
Coordinates
41.7613, -88.0134
☼ Live from 60516 — Downers Grove, IL

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Where 60516 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60516
  • 🔢 Type 60516 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gISOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,516 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 41 × 41. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110001100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60515 (Downers Grove, IL, 3 mi away) and 60517 (Woodridge, IL, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60516 becomes 61506, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01566, 05661, 06156, 06516, 06615, 10566, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01566 in Sturbridge, MA, 818 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯568 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60516 and you would come out at 41.76°S, 91.99°E — 1,171 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.
  • 📏 At 7.6 square miles of land, 60516 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,062This ZIP28,062
Households11,227This ZIP11,227
Housing units11,796This ZIP11,796
Median age43.6This ZIP43.6Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$115,480This ZIP$115,480Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$441,100This ZIP$441,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,676This ZIP$1,676Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.7%This ZIP51.7%
Mean commute29.1 minThis ZIP29.1 min
Population density3,701.1 / sq miThis ZIP3,701.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments568This ZIP568
Employees3,589This ZIP3,589
Annual payroll$160,176,000This ZIP$160,176,000
Tax returns filed14,830This ZIP14,830
Total adjusted gross income$1,717,419,000This ZIP$1,717,419,000

Land area

Land area7.58 sq miThis ZIP7.58 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Other place names in 60516

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ZIP codes near 60516

ZIPCityDistance
60561 Darien, IL 2.0 mi
60517 Woodridge, IL 2.2 mi
60559 Westmont, IL 3.1 mi
60515 Downers Grove, IL 3.5 mi
60514 Clarendon Hills, IL 3.6 mi
60532 Lisle, IL 4.1 mi
60527 Willowbrook, IL 4.5 mi
60521 Hinsdale, IL 5.2 mi
60440 Bolingbrook, IL 5.3 mi
60523 Oak Brook, IL 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60516?

60516 is in Downers Grove, Illinois, in DuPage County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.7613, -88.0134.

What county is 60516 in?

60516 lies in DuPage County.

What area code is 60516?

Downers Grove uses area codes 630 and 331, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60516 in?

60516 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60516?

About 28,062 people live in ZIP code 60516, in 11,227 households, at 3,701.1 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 60516?

$115,480 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60516?

The closest are 60561 (2 mi), 60517 (2.2 mi), 60559 (3.1 mi), 60515 (3.5 mi) and 60514 (3.6 mi).

Is 60516 a PO Box ZIP code?

60516 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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