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61479

ZIP 61479 is Speer, Illinois, mostly in Marshall County; area code 309; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Marshall +1 more
Metro area
Peoria, IL
Population
95
Coordinates
41.0019, -89.6394
☼ Live from 61479 — Speer, IL

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Where 61479 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 61479
  • 🔢 Type 61479 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLhIg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 61,479 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 23. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111000000100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 61478 (Smithshire, IL, 61 mi away) and 61480 (Stronghurst, IL, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 61479 becomes 97416 — and that is a real ZIP code: Camas Valley, OR, 1,742 miles away.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14769, 16749, 16947, 17946, 17964, 46791, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96741 in Kalaheo, HI, 4,209 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯477 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 61479 and you would come out at 41.00°S, 90.36°E — 1,133 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 11.3 square miles of land, 61479 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population95This ZIP95
Households34This ZIP34
Housing units50This ZIP50
Median age53.9This ZIP53.9Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$135,313This ZIP$135,313Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$205,300This ZIP$205,300Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher38.5%This ZIP38.5%
Population density8.4 / sq miThis ZIP8.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees15This ZIP15
Annual payroll$1,231,000This ZIP$1,231,000

Land area

Land area11.35 sq miThis ZIP11.35 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 61479 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Marshall County 51.0%
Stark County 48.9%

ZIP codes near 61479

ZIPCityDistance
61424 Camp Grove, IL 5.2 mi
61526 Edelstein, IL 5.6 mi
61491 Wyoming, IL 5.6 mi
61565 Sparland, IL 7.5 mi
61523 Chillicothe, IL 8.2 mi
61426 Castleton, IL 8.8 mi
61559 Princeville, IL 9.3 mi
61525 Dunlap, IL 10.8 mi
61652 Peoria, IL 11.0 mi
61562 Rome, IL 11.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 61479?

61479 is in Speer, Illinois, in Marshall County, part of the Peoria, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0019, -89.6394.

What county is 61479 in?

61479 spans 2 counties: Marshall County and Stark County. Most of it falls in Marshall 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 61479?

Speer uses area code 309, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 61479 in?

61479 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 61479?

About 95 people live in ZIP code 61479, in 34 households, at 8.4 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 61479?

$135,313 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 61479?

The closest are 61424 (5.2 mi), 61526 (5.6 mi), 61491 (5.6 mi), 61565 (7.5 mi) and 61523 (8.2 mi).

Is 61479 a PO Box ZIP code?

61479 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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