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60706

ZIP 60706 is Harwood Heights, Illinois, in Cook County; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Population
24,260
Coordinates
41.9639, -87.8168
☼ Live from 60706 — Harwood Heights, IL

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Where 60706 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60706
  • 🔢 Type 60706 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOLOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆60706 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,706 = 2 × 127 × 239. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110100100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60701 (Chicago, IL, 12 mi away) and 60707 (Elmwood Park, IL, 3 mi away).
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00667, 00676, 00766, 06067, 06076, 06607, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00766 in Villalba, PR, 2,071 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯581 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60706 and you would come out at 41.96°S, 92.18°E — 1,171 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
  • 📏 At 3.1 square miles of land, 60706 is bigger than 15% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,260This ZIP24,260
Households9,404This ZIP9,404
Housing units9,755This ZIP9,755
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$84,530This ZIP$84,530Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$358,000This ZIP$358,000Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,300This ZIP$1,300Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.9%This ZIP32.9%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density7,871.5 / sq miThis ZIP7,871.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments828This ZIP828
Employees7,647This ZIP7,647
Annual payroll$310,412,000This ZIP$310,412,000
Tax returns filed12,410This ZIP12,410
Total adjusted gross income$899,269,000This ZIP$899,269,000

Land area

Land area3.08 sq miThis ZIP3.08 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 60706

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 60706

ZIPCityDistance
60656 Chicago, IL 0.9 mi
60634 Chicago, IL 1.3 mi
60631 Chicago, IL 2.1 mi
60176 Schiller Park, IL 2.7 mi
60171 River Grove, IL 2.9 mi
60707 Elmwood Park, IL 3.0 mi
60630 Chicago, IL 3.1 mi
60646 Chicago, IL 3.5 mi
60068 Park Ridge, IL 3.7 mi
60641 Chicago, IL 3.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60706?

60706 is in Harwood Heights, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9639, -87.8168.

What county is 60706 in?

60706 lies in Cook County.

What time zone is 60706 in?

60706 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60706?

About 24,260 people live in ZIP code 60706, in 9,404 households, at 7,871.5 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 60706?

$84,530 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60706?

The closest are 60656 (0.9 mi), 60634 (1.3 mi), 60631 (2.1 mi), 60176 (2.7 mi) and 60171 (2.9 mi).

Is 60706 a PO Box ZIP code?

60706 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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