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62278

ZIP 62278 is Red Bud, Illinois, mostly in Monroe County; area codes 618 and 730; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Monroe +1 more
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Population
6,281
Coordinates
38.2038, -89.9913
☼ Live from 62278 — Red Bud, IL

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Where 62278 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62278
  • 🔢 Type 62278 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLZZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,278 = 2 × 31139. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001101000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62277 (Prairie Du Rocher, IL, 10 mi away) and 62279 (Renault, IL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62278 becomes 87226, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26278, 26287, 27268, 27628, 27826, 27862, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78226 in San Antonio, TX, 783 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯474 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62278 and you would come out at 38.20°S, 90.01°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 30m.
  • 📏 At 104.9 square miles of land, 62278 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 80 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,281This ZIP6,281
Households2,640This ZIP2,640
Housing units2,784This ZIP2,784
Median age40.8This ZIP40.8Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$79,688This ZIP$79,688Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$178,300This ZIP$178,300Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$875This ZIP$875Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute22.6 minThis ZIP22.6 min
Population density59.9 / sq miThis ZIP59.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments187This ZIP187
Employees3,216This ZIP3,216
Annual payroll$159,824,000This ZIP$159,824,000
Tax returns filed3,260This ZIP3,260
Total adjusted gross income$269,969,000This ZIP$269,969,000

Land area

Land area104.88 sq miThis ZIP104.88 sq mi
Water area1.49 sq miThis ZIP1.49 sq mi

Counties 62278 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Monroe County 54.0%
Randolph County 46.0%

Other place names in 62278

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ZIP codes near 62278

ZIPCityDistance
62248 Hecker, IL 7.1 mi
62242 Evansville, IL 7.8 mi
62217 Baldwin, IL 8.5 mi
62264 New Athens, IL 9.2 mi
62279 Renault, IL 9.2 mi
62277 Prairie Du Rocher, IL 9.9 mi
62298 Waterloo, IL 11.2 mi
62244 Fults, IL 11.3 mi
62285 Smithton, IL 13.1 mi
62256 Maeystown, IL 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62278?

62278 is in Red Bud, Illinois, in Monroe County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2038, -89.9913.

What county is 62278 in?

62278 spans 2 counties: Monroe County and Randolph County. Most of it falls in Monroe 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 62278?

Red Bud uses area codes 618 and 730, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62278 in?

62278 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62278?

About 6,281 people live in ZIP code 62278, in 2,640 households, at 59.9 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 62278?

$79,688 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62278?

The closest are 62248 (7.1 mi), 62242 (7.8 mi), 62217 (8.5 mi), 62264 (9.2 mi) and 62279 (9.2 mi).

Is 62278 a PO Box ZIP code?

62278 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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