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Where 62098 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 62098 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BGOZg — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 62,098 = 2 × 61 × 509. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1111001010010010 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62097 (Worden, IL, 39 mi away) and 62201 (East Saint Louis, IL, 52 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 62098 becomes 89026 — and that is a real ZIP code: Jean, NV, 1,387 miles away.
- 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02896, 06829, 08629, 09628, 09682, 09826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09682 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,231 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther north than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
- 🎯442 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62098 and you would come out at 39.38°S, 89.70°E — 1,178 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
- 📏 At 5.3 square miles of land, 62098 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.0 Central Parks.
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Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 104This ZIP104 |
|---|---|
| Households | 22This ZIP22 |
| Housing units | 40This ZIP40 |
| Median age | 40.2This ZIP40.2Illinois39.0US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 0.0% |
| Population density | 19.7 / sq miThis ZIP19.7 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 5.29 sq miThis ZIP5.29 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 62098
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
62044 | Greenfield, IL | 5.3 mi |
62082 | Roodhouse, IL | 7.4 mi |
62092 | White Hall, IL | 7.4 mi |
62016 | Carrollton, IL | 8.6 mi |
62081 | Rockbridge, IL | 9.1 mi |
62663 | Manchester, IL | 11.0 mi |
62078 | Patterson, IL | 12.0 mi |
62683 | Scottville, IL | 12.3 mi |
62054 | Kane, IL | 12.5 mi |
62649 | Hettick, IL | 12.9 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 62098?
62098 is in Wrights, Illinois, in Greene County. Its published point location is 39.3838, -90.2994.
What county is 62098 in?
62098 lies in Greene County.
What area code is 62098?
Wrights uses area code 217, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 62098 in?
62098 uses America/Chicago.
How many people live in 62098?
About 104 people live in ZIP code 62098, in 22 households, at 19.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 62098?
The closest are 62044 (5.3 mi), 62082 (7.4 mi), 62092 (7.4 mi), 62016 (8.6 mi) and 62081 (9.1 mi).
Is 62098 a PO Box ZIP code?
62098 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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