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62085

ZIP 62085 is Sawyerville, Illinois, in Macoupin County; area code 217; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Macoupin
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Population
193
Coordinates
39.0819, -89.8045
☼ Live from 62085 — Sawyerville, IL

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Where 62085 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62085
  • 🔢 Type 62085 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBOZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,085 = 3 × 5 × 4139. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001010000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62084 (Roxana, IL, 22 mi away) and 62086 (Sorento, IL, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62085 becomes 58026, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02568, 02865, 05682, 05826, 05862, 06258, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85062 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,296 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯471 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62085 and you would come out at 39.08°S, 90.20°E — 1,211 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 0.896 square miles of land, 62085 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 434 football fields.
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People and housing

Population193This ZIP193
Households84This ZIP84
Housing units128This ZIP128
Median age59.3This ZIP59.3Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$70,000This ZIP$70,000Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$85,000This ZIP$85,000Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute42.5 minThis ZIP42.5 min
Population density215.4 / sq miThis ZIP215.4 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.90 sq miThis ZIP0.90 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 62085

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

ZIP codes near 62085

ZIPCityDistance
62009 Benld, IL 0.9 mi
62023 Eagarville, IL 2.3 mi
62093 Wilsonville, IL 2.3 mi
62069 Mount Olive, IL 3.5 mi
62033 Gillespie, IL 4.2 mi
62088 Staunton, IL 4.7 mi
62058 Livingston, IL 8.1 mi
62014 Bunker Hill, IL 8.3 mi
62056 Litchfield, IL 9.5 mi
62097 Worden, IL 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62085?

62085 is in Sawyerville, Illinois, in Macoupin County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0819, -89.8045.

What county is 62085 in?

62085 lies in Macoupin County.

What area code is 62085?

Sawyerville uses area code 217, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62085 in?

62085 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62085?

About 193 people live in ZIP code 62085, in 84 households, at 215.4 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 62085?

$70,000 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62085?

The closest are 62009 (0.9 mi), 62023 (2.3 mi), 62093 (2.3 mi), 62069 (3.5 mi) and 62033 (4.2 mi).

Is 62085 a PO Box ZIP code?

62085 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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