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62248

ZIP 62248 is Hecker, Illinois, in Monroe County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Monroe
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Population
521
Coordinates
38.3059, -89.9929
☼ Live from 62248 — Hecker, IL

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Where 62248 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62248
  • 🔢 Type 62248 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhZZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,248 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 31 × 251. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001100101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62247 (Hagarstown, IL, 63 mi away) and 62249 (Highland, IL, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62248 becomes 84226, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22846, 24628, 24826, 24862, 28246, 28462, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84622 in Centerfield, UT, 1,175 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯472 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62248 and you would come out at 38.31°S, 90.01°E — 1,241 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 0.252 square miles of land, 62248 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 122 football fields.
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People and housing

Population521This ZIP521
Households207This ZIP207
Housing units230This ZIP230
Median age31.3This ZIP31.3Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$79,583This ZIP$79,583Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$166,800This ZIP$166,800Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,014This ZIP$1,014Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.9%This ZIP19.9%
Mean commute31.8 minThis ZIP31.8 min
Population density2,067.5 / sq miThis ZIP2,067.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees92This ZIP92
Annual payroll$2,586,000This ZIP$2,586,000

Land area

Land area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 62248

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ZIP codes near 62248

ZIPCityDistance
62264 New Athens, IL 5.1 mi
62285 Smithton, IL 6.0 mi
62278 Red Bud, IL 7.1 mi
62298 Waterloo, IL 8.5 mi
62222 Belleville, IL 9.3 mi
62243 Freeburg, IL 9.6 mi
62255 Lenzburg, IL 11.4 mi
62220 Belleville, IL 11.9 mi
62260 Millstadt, IL 12.1 mi
62217 Baldwin, IL 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62248?

62248 is in Hecker, Illinois, in Monroe County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3059, -89.9929.

What county is 62248 in?

62248 lies in Monroe County.

What area code is 62248?

Hecker uses area code 618, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62248 in?

62248 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62248?

About 521 people live in ZIP code 62248, in 207 households, at 2,067.5 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 62248?

$79,583 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62248?

The closest are 62264 (5.1 mi), 62285 (6 mi), 62278 (7.1 mi), 62298 (8.5 mi) and 62222 (9.3 mi).

Is 62248 a PO Box ZIP code?

62248 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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