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60959

ZIP 60959 is Piper City, Illinois, mostly in Ford County; area codes 779 and 815; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ford +1 more
Population
904
Coordinates
40.7895, -88.1832
☼ Live from 60959 — Piper City, IL

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Where 60959 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 60959
  • 🔢 Type 60959 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSGOg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 60,959 = 47 × 1297. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111000011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 60958 (Pembroke Township, IL, 36 mi away) and 60960 (Rankin, IL, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 60959 becomes 95906, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09596, 59069, 60599, 95609, 95690, 95960, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96950 in Saipan, MP, 7,255 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯551 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 60959 and you would come out at 40.79°S, 91.82°E — 1,202 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 55.1 square miles of land, 60959 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population904This ZIP904
Households454This ZIP454
Housing units491This ZIP491
Median age51.4This ZIP51.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$54,583This ZIP$54,583Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$94,800This ZIP$94,800Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$763This ZIP$763Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.3%This ZIP9.3%
Mean commute31.5 minThis ZIP31.5 min
Population density16.4 / sq miThis ZIP16.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees142This ZIP142
Annual payroll$5,692,000This ZIP$5,692,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$26,465,000This ZIP$26,465,000

Land area

Land area55.07 sq miThis ZIP55.07 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 60959 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Ford County 95.1%
Livingston County 4.9%

Other place names in 60959

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

ZIP codes near 60959

ZIPCityDistance
60921 Chatsworth, IL 7.2 mi
60929 Cullom, IL 8.3 mi
60968 Thawville, IL 8.5 mi
60946 Kempton, IL 8.6 mi
60930 Danforth, IL 9.7 mi
60938 Gilman, IL 10.5 mi
60962 Roberts, IL 11.3 mi
61741 Forrest, IL 11.3 mi
60955 Onarga, IL 11.9 mi
60911 Ashkum, IL 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 60959?

60959 is in Piper City, Illinois, in Ford County, part of the Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7895, -88.1832.

What county is 60959 in?

60959 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 60959?

Piper City uses area codes 779 and 815, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 60959 in?

60959 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 60959?

About 904 people live in ZIP code 60959, in 454 households, at 16.4 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 60959?

$54,583 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 60959?

The closest are 60921 (7.2 mi), 60929 (8.3 mi), 60968 (8.5 mi), 60946 (8.6 mi) and 60930 (9.7 mi).

Is 60959 a PO Box ZIP code?

60959 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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