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62277

ZIP 62277 is Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois, mostly in Randolph County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Randolph +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
940
Coordinates
38.0970, -90.1122
☼ Live from 62277 — Prairie Du Rocher, IL

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Where 62277 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62277
  • 🔢 Type 62277 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLZZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,277 = 3 × 20759. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001101000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62275 (Pocahontas, IL, 58 mi away) and 62278 (Red Bud, IL, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62277 becomes 77226 — and that is a real ZIP code: Houston, TX, 647 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (27627, 67227, 72672, 72762, 76227, 76272, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27627 in Raleigh, NC, 653 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯470 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62277 and you would come out at 38.10°S, 89.89°E — 1,246 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 65.4 square miles of land, 62277 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population940This ZIP940
Households424This ZIP424
Housing units521This ZIP521
Median age46.7This ZIP46.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$67,969This ZIP$67,969Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$128,100This ZIP$128,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$733This ZIP$733Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher6.9%This ZIP6.9%
Mean commute27.3 minThis ZIP27.3 min
Population density14.4 / sq miThis ZIP14.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees95This ZIP95
Annual payroll$3,945,000This ZIP$3,945,000
Tax returns filed590This ZIP590
Total adjusted gross income$37,701,000This ZIP$37,701,000

Land area

Land area65.35 sq miThis ZIP65.35 sq mi
Water area2.56 sq miThis ZIP2.56 sq mi

Counties 62277 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Randolph County 60.7%
Monroe County 39.3%

Other place names in 62277

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ZIP codes near 62277

ZIPCityDistance
62279 Renault, IL 2.9 mi
62244 Fults, IL 8.3 mi
63627 Bloomsdale, MO 8.6 mi
62261 Modoc, IL 8.8 mi
62242 Evansville, IL 9.5 mi
62278 Red Bud, IL 9.9 mi
62256 Maeystown, IL 11.0 mi
62241 Ellis Grove, IL 13.3 mi
63670 Sainte Genevieve, MO 13.6 mi
62298 Waterloo, IL 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62277?

62277 is in Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois, in Randolph County. Its published point location is 38.0970, -90.1122.

What county is 62277 in?

62277 spans 2 counties: Randolph County and Monroe County. Most of it falls in Randolph 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 62277?

Prairie Du Rocher uses area code 618, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62277 in?

62277 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62277?

About 940 people live in ZIP code 62277, in 424 households, at 14.4 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 62277?

$67,969 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62277?

The closest are 62279 (2.9 mi), 62244 (8.3 mi), 63627 (8.6 mi), 62261 (8.8 mi) and 62242 (9.5 mi).

Is 62277 a PO Box ZIP code?

62277 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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