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61491

ZIP 61491 is Wyoming, Illinois, mostly in Stark County; area code 309; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Stark +1 more
Metro area
Peoria, IL
Population
2,230
Coordinates
41.0538, -89.7208
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Where 61491 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 61491
  • 🔢 Type 61491 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGhIg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 61,491 = 3 × 103 × 199. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111000000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 61490 (Woodhull, IL, 29 mi away) and 61501 (Astoria, IL, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 61491 becomes 19416, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11694, 11946, 11964, 14169, 14619, 16914, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96411 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,096 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯473 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 61491 and you would come out at 41.05°S, 90.28°E — 1,127 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 96.0 square miles of land, 61491 is bigger than 77% of ZIP codes — room for about 73 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,230This ZIP2,230
Households998This ZIP998
Housing units1,084This ZIP1,084
Median age42.4This ZIP42.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$62,500This ZIP$62,500Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$119,900This ZIP$119,900Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$675This ZIP$675Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%This ZIP23.3%
Mean commute20.8 minThis ZIP20.8 min
Population density23.2 / sq miThis ZIP23.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments50This ZIP50
Employees425This ZIP425
Annual payroll$24,968,000This ZIP$24,968,000
Tax returns filed960This ZIP960
Total adjusted gross income$74,448,000This ZIP$74,448,000

Land area

Land area96.04 sq miThis ZIP96.04 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Counties 61491 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Stark County 89.2%
Marshall County 10.8%

Other place names in 61491

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

ZIP codes near 61491

ZIPCityDistance
61426 Castleton, IL 4.6 mi
61424 Camp Grove, IL 4.7 mi
61479 Speer, IL 5.6 mi
61483 Toulon, IL 8.2 mi
61559 Princeville, IL 9.8 mi
61421 Bradford, IL 10.0 mi
61526 Edelstein, IL 10.5 mi
61565 Sparland, IL 11.3 mi
61449 La Fayette, IL 13.6 mi
61523 Chillicothe, IL 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 61491?

61491 is in Wyoming, Illinois, in Stark County, part of the Peoria, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0538, -89.7208.

What county is 61491 in?

61491 spans 2 counties: Stark County and Marshall County. Most of it falls in Stark 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 61491?

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

What time zone is 61491 in?

61491 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 61491?

About 2,230 people live in ZIP code 61491, in 998 households, at 23.2 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 61491?

$62,500 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 61491?

The closest are 61426 (4.6 mi), 61424 (4.7 mi), 61479 (5.6 mi), 61483 (8.2 mi) and 61559 (9.8 mi).

Is 61491 a PO Box ZIP code?

61491 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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