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62353

ZIP 62353 is Mount Sterling, Illinois, mostly in Brown County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Brown +2 more
Metro area
none
Population
5,066
Coordinates
39.9730, -90.7575
☼ Live from 62353 — Mount Sterling, IL

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Where 62353 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62353
  • 🔢 Type 62353 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESEZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,353 = 23 × 2711. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001110010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62352 (Milton, IL, 29 mi away) and 62354 (Nauvoo, IL, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62353 becomes 35326, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23356, 25336, 26335, 32356, 32536, 32563, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33256 in Miami, FL, 1,155 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯415 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62353 and you would come out at 39.97°S, 89.24°E — 1,132 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 189.6 square miles of land, 62353 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 144 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,066This ZIP5,066
Households1,464This ZIP1,464
Housing units1,645This ZIP1,645
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$66,000This ZIP$66,000Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$152,100This ZIP$152,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$755This ZIP$755Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.2%This ZIP12.2%
Mean commute14.3 minThis ZIP14.3 min
Population density26.7 / sq miThis ZIP26.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments99This ZIP99
Employees3,669This ZIP3,669
Annual payroll$194,641,000This ZIP$194,641,000
Tax returns filed1,650This ZIP1,650
Total adjusted gross income$113,149,000This ZIP$113,149,000

Land area

Land area189.56 sq miThis ZIP189.56 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Counties 62353 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Brown County 98.1%
Pike County 1.2%
Schuyler County 0.7%

Other place names in 62353

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ZIP codes near 62353

ZIPCityDistance
62375 Timewell, IL 5.6 mi
62378 Versailles, IL 8.0 mi
62324 Clayton, IL 11.2 mi
62319 Camden, IL 12.5 mi
62323 Chambersburg, IL 12.7 mi
62362 Perry, IL 13.6 mi
62344 Huntsville, IL 14.7 mi
62346 La Prairie, IL 14.9 mi
62639 Frederick, IL 15.0 mi
62314 Baylis, IL 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62353?

62353 is in Mount Sterling, Illinois, in Brown County. Its published point location is 39.9730, -90.7575.

What county is 62353 in?

62353 spans 3 counties: Brown County, Pike County and Schuyler County. Most of it falls in Brown 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 62353?

Mount Sterling uses area codes 217 and 447, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62353 in?

62353 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62353?

About 5,066 people live in ZIP code 62353, in 1,464 households, at 26.7 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 62353?

$66,000 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62353?

The closest are 62375 (5.6 mi), 62378 (8 mi), 62324 (11.2 mi), 62319 (12.5 mi) and 62323 (12.7 mi).

Is 62353 a PO Box ZIP code?

62353 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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