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60949

ZIP 60949 is Ludlow, Illinois, mostly in Champaign County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Champaign +1 more
Population
564
Coordinates
40.3783, -88.1052
☼ Live from 60949 — Ludlow, IL

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Where 60949 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60949
  • 🔢 Type 60949 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhGOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,949 = 7 × 8707. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111000010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60948 (Loda, IL, 10 mi away) and 60950 (Manteno, IL, 62 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60949 becomes 94906, 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, 8,182 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯555 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60949 and you would come out at 40.38°S, 91.89°E — 1,223 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 22.9 square miles of land, 60949 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population564This ZIP564
Households201This ZIP201
Housing units250This ZIP250
Median age29.7This ZIP29.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$60,750This ZIP$60,750Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$100,000This ZIP$100,000Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,052This ZIP$1,052Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.3%This ZIP14.3%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density24.7 / sq miThis ZIP24.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees26This ZIP26
Annual payroll$973,000This ZIP$973,000
Tax returns filed220This ZIP220
Total adjusted gross income$12,979,000This ZIP$12,979,000

Land area

Land area22.86 sq miThis ZIP22.86 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 60949 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Champaign County 93.1%
Ford County 6.9%

Other place names in 60949

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

ZIP codes near 60949

ZIPCityDistance
60957 Paxton, IL 4.8 mi
61866 Rantoul, IL 5.4 mi
61847 Gifford, IL 7.1 mi
61862 Penfield, IL 9.2 mi
61878 Thomasboro, IL 9.6 mi
60948 Loda, IL 10.1 mi
60933 Elliott, IL 10.6 mi
61840 Dewey, IL 11.7 mi
60960 Rankin, IL 12.0 mi
61871 Royal, IL 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60949?

60949 is in Ludlow, Illinois, in Champaign County, part of the Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.3783, -88.1052.

What county is 60949 in?

60949 spans 2 counties: Champaign County and Ford County. Most of it falls in Champaign County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 60949?

Ludlow uses area codes 217 and 447, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60949 in?

60949 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60949?

About 564 people live in ZIP code 60949, in 201 households, at 24.7 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 60949?

$60,750 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60949?

The closest are 60957 (4.8 mi), 61866 (5.4 mi), 61847 (7.1 mi), 61862 (9.2 mi) and 61878 (9.6 mi).

Is 60949 a PO Box ZIP code?

60949 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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