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60952

ZIP 60952 is Melvin, Illinois, mostly in Ford County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ford +1 more
Population
683
Coordinates
40.5628, -88.2504
☼ Live from 60952 — Melvin, IL

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Where 60952 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60952
  • 🔢 Type 60952 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSGOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,952 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 19 × 401. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111000011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60951 (Martinton, IL, 36 mi away) and 60953 (Milford, IL, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60952 becomes 25906 — and that is a real ZIP code: Piney View, WV, 425 miles away.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02659, 06259, 09265, 09625, 20659, 20695, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96520 in APO AA, a military post office, 9,886 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯547 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60952 and you would come out at 40.56°S, 91.75°E — 1,209 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 41.9 square miles of land, 60952 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population683This ZIP683
Households261This ZIP261
Housing units296This ZIP296
Median age31.0This ZIP31.0Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$67,083This ZIP$67,083Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$88,100This ZIP$88,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$688This ZIP$688Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.4%This ZIP26.4%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density16.3 / sq miThis ZIP16.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees55This ZIP55
Annual payroll$4,235,000This ZIP$4,235,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$21,600,000This ZIP$21,600,000

Land area

Land area41.90 sq miThis ZIP41.90 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Counties 60952 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Ford County 94.2%
Livingston County 5.8%

Other place names in 60952

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

ZIP codes near 60952

ZIPCityDistance
60962 Roberts, IL 5.5 mi
61773 Sibley, IL 6.5 mi
60933 Elliott, IL 7.0 mi
60936 Gibson City, IL 9.0 mi
61775 Strawn, IL 9.1 mi
60948 Loda, IL 9.5 mi
60957 Paxton, IL 10.2 mi
60968 Thawville, IL 10.4 mi
60921 Chatsworth, IL 11.9 mi
60918 Buckley, IL 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60952?

60952 is in Melvin, Illinois, in Ford County, part of the Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5628, -88.2504.

What county is 60952 in?

60952 spans 2 counties: Ford County and Livingston County. Most of it falls in Ford 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 60952?

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

What time zone is 60952 in?

60952 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60952?

About 683 people live in ZIP code 60952, in 261 households, at 16.3 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 60952?

$67,083 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60952?

The closest are 60962 (5.5 mi), 61773 (6.5 mi), 60933 (7 mi), 60936 (9 mi) and 61775 (9.1 mi).

Is 60952 a PO Box ZIP code?

60952 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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