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62257

ZIP 62257 is Marissa, Illinois, mostly in St. Clair County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Clair +2 more
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Population
2,046
Coordinates
38.2849, -89.7287
☼ Live from 62257 — Marissa, IL

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Where 62257 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62257
  • 🔢 Type 62257 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSZZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,257 = 13 × 4789. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62256 (Maeystown, IL, 28 mi away) and 62258 (Mascoutah, IL, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62257 becomes 75226 — and that is a real ZIP code: Dallas, TX, 549 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22567, 22576, 22657, 25267, 25276, 25672, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56722 in Euclid, MN, 755 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯486 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62257 and you would come out at 38.28°S, 90.27°E — 1,252 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 80.4 square miles of land, 62257 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,046This ZIP2,046
Households878This ZIP878
Housing units1,129This ZIP1,129
Median age39.8This ZIP39.8Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$78,750This ZIP$78,750Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$138,100This ZIP$138,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$713This ZIP$713Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.5%This ZIP13.5%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density25.5 / sq miThis ZIP25.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments55This ZIP55
Employees913This ZIP913
Annual payroll$82,188,000This ZIP$82,188,000
Tax returns filed1,290This ZIP1,290
Total adjusted gross income$84,125,000This ZIP$84,125,000

Land area

Land area80.36 sq miThis ZIP80.36 sq mi
Water area2.02 sq miThis ZIP2.02 sq mi

Counties 62257 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Clair County 56.9%
Washington County 36.1%
Randolph County 7.0%

Other place names in 62257

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ZIP codes near 62257

ZIPCityDistance
62255 Lenzburg, IL 3.5 mi
62282 Saint Libory, IL 5.0 mi
62292 Tilden, IL 5.6 mi
62214 Addieville, IL 9.3 mi
62264 New Athens, IL 9.5 mi
62217 Baldwin, IL 9.7 mi
62268 Oakdale, IL 10.3 mi
62237 Coulterville, IL 10.5 mi
62286 Sparta, IL 11.6 mi
62258 Mascoutah, IL 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62257?

62257 is in Marissa, Illinois, in St. Clair County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2849, -89.7287.

What county is 62257 in?

62257 spans 3 counties: St. Clair County, Washington County and Randolph County. Most of it falls in St. Clair 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 62257?

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

What time zone is 62257 in?

62257 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62257?

About 2,046 people live in ZIP code 62257, in 878 households, at 25.5 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 62257?

$78,750 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62257?

The closest are 62255 (3.5 mi), 62282 (5 mi), 62292 (5.6 mi), 62214 (9.3 mi) and 62264 (9.5 mi).

Is 62257 a PO Box ZIP code?

62257 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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