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62264

ZIP 62264 is New Athens, Illinois, mostly in St. Clair County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Clair +1 more
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Population
3,097
Coordinates
38.3159, -89.8999
☼ Live from 62264 — New Athens, IL

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Where 62264 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62264
  • 🔢 Type 62264 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hgZZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,264 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 43 × 181. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001100111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62263 (Nashville, IL, 27 mi away) and 62265 (New Baden, IL, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62264 becomes 46226 — and that is a real ZIP code: Indianapolis, IN, 232 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22646, 22664, 24266, 26264, 26426, 26624, …). The farthest-flung twin is 22646 in Millwood, VA, 641 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯477 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62264 and you would come out at 38.32°S, 90.10°E — 1,244 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 65.6 square miles of land, 62264 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,097This ZIP3,097
Households1,315This ZIP1,315
Housing units1,384This ZIP1,384
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$57,015This ZIP$57,015Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$127,400This ZIP$127,400Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$887This ZIP$887Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.7%This ZIP14.7%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density47.2 / sq miThis ZIP47.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments44This ZIP44
Employees250This ZIP250
Annual payroll$8,183,000This ZIP$8,183,000
Tax returns filed1,520This ZIP1,520
Total adjusted gross income$107,844,000This ZIP$107,844,000

Land area

Land area65.61 sq miThis ZIP65.61 sq mi
Water area4.06 sq miThis ZIP4.06 sq mi

Counties 62264 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Clair County 94.5%
Monroe County 5.5%

Other place names in 62264

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ZIP codes near 62264

ZIPCityDistance
62248 Hecker, IL 5.1 mi
62255 Lenzburg, IL 6.3 mi
62243 Freeburg, IL 7.2 mi
62285 Smithton, IL 7.9 mi
62278 Red Bud, IL 9.2 mi
62257 Marissa, IL 9.5 mi
62222 Belleville, IL 9.7 mi
62217 Baldwin, IL 10.4 mi
62282 Saint Libory, IL 10.5 mi
62258 Mascoutah, IL 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62264?

62264 is in New Athens, Illinois, in St. Clair County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3159, -89.8999.

What county is 62264 in?

62264 spans 2 counties: St. Clair County and Monroe 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 62264?

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

What time zone is 62264 in?

62264 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62264?

About 3,097 people live in ZIP code 62264, in 1,315 households, at 47.2 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 62264?

$57,015 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62264?

The closest are 62248 (5.1 mi), 62255 (6.3 mi), 62243 (7.2 mi), 62285 (7.9 mi) and 62278 (9.2 mi).

Is 62264 a PO Box ZIP code?

62264 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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