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60957

ZIP 60957 is Paxton, Illinois, mostly in Ford County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ford +1 more
Population
5,596
Coordinates
40.4430, -88.1362
☼ Live from 60957 — Paxton, IL

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Where 60957 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60957
  • 🔢 Type 60957 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSGOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,957 = 3 × 3 × 13 × 521. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111000011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60956 (Papineau, IL, 42 mi away) and 60958 (Pembroke Township, IL, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60957 becomes 75906, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05679, 05769, 06759, 06795, 09765, 56097, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09765 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,104 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯553 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60957 and you would come out at 40.44°S, 91.86°E — 1,219 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 104.9 square miles of land, 60957 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 80 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,596This ZIP5,596
Households2,341This ZIP2,341
Housing units2,539This ZIP2,539
Median age39.1This ZIP39.1Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$69,014This ZIP$69,014Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$131,800This ZIP$131,800Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$783This ZIP$783Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.7%This ZIP21.7%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density53.3 / sq miThis ZIP53.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments127This ZIP127
Employees1,275This ZIP1,275
Annual payroll$54,835,000This ZIP$54,835,000
Tax returns filed2,550This ZIP2,550
Total adjusted gross income$165,966,000This ZIP$165,966,000

Land area

Land area104.93 sq miThis ZIP104.93 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 60957 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Ford County 85.5%
Champaign County 14.5%

Other place names in 60957

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ZIP codes near 60957

ZIPCityDistance
60949 Ludlow, IL 4.8 mi
60948 Loda, IL 6.4 mi
60933 Elliott, IL 7.4 mi
61866 Rantoul, IL 9.1 mi
60952 Melvin, IL 10.2 mi
61847 Gifford, IL 11.6 mi
60918 Buckley, IL 12.0 mi
60936 Gibson City, IL 12.0 mi
60960 Rankin, IL 12.9 mi
60962 Roberts, IL 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60957?

60957 is in Paxton, Illinois, in Ford County, part of the Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4430, -88.1362.

What county is 60957 in?

60957 spans 2 counties: Ford County and Champaign 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 60957?

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

What time zone is 60957 in?

60957 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60957?

About 5,596 people live in ZIP code 60957, in 2,341 households, at 53.3 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 60957?

$69,014 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60957?

The closest are 60949 (4.8 mi), 60948 (6.4 mi), 60933 (7.4 mi), 61866 (9.1 mi) and 60952 (10.2 mi).

Is 60957 a PO Box ZIP code?

60957 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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