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61862

ZIP 61862 is Penfield, Illinois, mostly in Champaign County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Champaign +1 more
Population
581
Coordinates
40.3060, -87.9586
☼ Live from 61862 — Penfield, IL

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Where 61862 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 61862
  • 🔢 Type 61862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBIg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 61,862 = 2 × 30931. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111000110100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 61859 (Ogden, IL, 11 mi away) and 61863 (Pesotum, IL, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 61862 becomes 26816, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12866, 16682, 16826, 18626, 21668, 21866, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81626 in Craig, CO, 1,028 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯562 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 61862 and you would come out at 40.31°S, 92.04°E — 1,232 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 40.1 square miles of land, 61862 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population581This ZIP581
Households186This ZIP186
Housing units227This ZIP227
Median age39.6This ZIP39.6Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$114,250This ZIP$114,250Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$121,600This ZIP$121,600Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$825This ZIP$825Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.5%This ZIP23.5%
Mean commute26.2 minThis ZIP26.2 min
Population density14.5 / sq miThis ZIP14.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees37This ZIP37
Annual payroll$1,057,000This ZIP$1,057,000
Tax returns filed240This ZIP240
Total adjusted gross income$19,646,000This ZIP$19,646,000

Land area

Land area40.11 sq miThis ZIP40.11 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Counties 61862 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Champaign County 81.6%
Vermilion County 18.4%

Other place names in 61862

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

ZIP codes near 61862

ZIPCityDistance
61847 Gifford, IL 2.7 mi
61812 Armstrong, IL 6.9 mi
61871 Royal, IL 8.0 mi
61865 Potomac, IL 8.3 mi
60949 Ludlow, IL 9.2 mi
60960 Rankin, IL 9.9 mi
61831 Collison, IL 10.1 mi
61866 Rantoul, IL 10.5 mi
61859 Ogden, IL 10.8 mi
61878 Thomasboro, IL 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 61862?

61862 is in Penfield, Illinois, in Champaign County, part of the Champaign-Urbana, IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.3060, -87.9586.

What county is 61862 in?

61862 spans 2 counties: Champaign County and Vermilion County. Most of it falls in Champaign 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 61862?

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

What time zone is 61862 in?

61862 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 61862?

About 581 people live in ZIP code 61862, in 186 households, at 14.5 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 61862?

$114,250 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 61862?

The closest are 61847 (2.7 mi), 61812 (6.9 mi), 61871 (8 mi), 61865 (8.3 mi) and 60949 (9.2 mi).

Is 61862 a PO Box ZIP code?

61862 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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