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60827

ZIP 60827 is Riverdale, Illinois, in Cook County; area codes 708 and 464; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cook
Population
24,713
Coordinates
41.6494, -87.6336
☼ Live from 60827 — Riverdale, IL

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Where 60827 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60827
  • 🔢 Type 60827 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZBOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,827 = 13 × 4679. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110110110011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60805 (Evergreen Park, IL, 6 mi away) and 60901 (Kankakee, IL, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60827 becomes 72806, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02768, 02876, 06278, 06782, 07628, 07826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87026 in Laguna, NM, 1,153 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯586 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60827 and you would come out at 41.65°S, 92.37°E — 1,191 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 7.0 square miles of land, 60827 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,713This ZIP24,713
Households9,447This ZIP9,447
Housing units11,303This ZIP11,303
Median age31.7This ZIP31.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$37,217This ZIP$37,217Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$153,500This ZIP$153,500Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,087This ZIP$1,087Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.7%This ZIP16.7%
Mean commute36.6 minThis ZIP36.6 min
Population density3,516.9 / sq miThis ZIP3,516.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments217This ZIP217
Employees2,241This ZIP2,241
Annual payroll$121,656,000This ZIP$121,656,000
Tax returns filed10,440This ZIP10,440
Total adjusted gross income$389,886,000This ZIP$389,886,000

Land area

Land area7.03 sq miThis ZIP7.03 sq mi
Water area0.48 sq miThis ZIP0.48 sq mi

Other place names in 60827

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ZIP codes near 60827

ZIPCityDistance
60419 Dolton, IL 2.4 mi
60406 Blue Island, IL 2.5 mi
60426 Harvey, IL 2.9 mi
60628 Chicago, IL 3.0 mi
60469 Posen, IL 3.1 mi
60643 Chicago, IL 3.8 mi
60633 Chicago, IL 3.9 mi
60472 Robbins, IL 3.9 mi
60473 South Holland, IL 4.0 mi
60428 Markham, IL 4.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60827?

60827 is in Riverdale, Illinois, in Cook County, part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6494, -87.6336.

What county is 60827 in?

60827 lies in Cook County.

What area code is 60827?

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

What time zone is 60827 in?

60827 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60827?

About 24,713 people live in ZIP code 60827, in 9,447 households, at 3,516.9 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 60827?

$37,217 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60827?

The closest are 60419 (2.4 mi), 60406 (2.5 mi), 60426 (2.9 mi), 60628 (3 mi) and 60469 (3.1 mi).

Is 60827 a PO Box ZIP code?

60827 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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