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62440

ZIP 62440 is Lerna, Illinois, mostly in Coles County; area code 217; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Coles +1 more
Population
1,107
Coordinates
39.3943, -88.2632
☼ Live from 62440 — Lerna, IL

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Where 62440 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62440
  • 🔢 Type 62440 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhhZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,440 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 223. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001111101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62439 (Lawrenceville, IL, 56 mi away) and 62441 (Marshall, IL, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62440 becomes 04426 — and that is a real ZIP code: Dover Foxcroft, ME, 1,053 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02446, 02464, 02644, 04426, 04462, 04624, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04624 in Corea, ME, 1,096 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯550 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62440 and you would come out at 39.39°S, 91.74°E — 1,259 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
  • 📏 At 40.4 square miles of land, 62440 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,107This ZIP1,107
Households480This ZIP480
Housing units522This ZIP522
Median age51.4This ZIP51.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$79,605This ZIP$79,605Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$128,000This ZIP$128,000Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$850This ZIP$850Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.5%This ZIP23.5%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density27.4 / sq miThis ZIP27.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees39This ZIP39
Annual payroll$962,000This ZIP$962,000
Tax returns filed540This ZIP540
Total adjusted gross income$49,166,000This ZIP$49,166,000

Land area

Land area40.44 sq miThis ZIP40.44 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 62440 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Coles County 73.8%
Cumberland County 26.2%

Other place names in 62440

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 62440

ZIPCityDistance
62435 Janesville, IL 1.7 mi
62469 Trilla, IL 4.8 mi
62468 Toledo, IL 8.1 mi
61938 Mattoon, IL 8.4 mi
61920 Charleston, IL 10.0 mi
62447 Neoga, IL 11.2 mi
62428 Greenup, IL 11.3 mi
62474 Westfield, IL 12.9 mi
61928 Gays, IL 13.2 mi
61931 Humboldt, IL 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62440?

62440 is in Lerna, Illinois, in Coles County, part of the Charleston-Mattoon, IL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.3943, -88.2632.

What county is 62440 in?

62440 spans 2 counties: Coles County and Cumberland County. Most of it falls in Coles 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 62440?

Lerna uses area code 217, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62440 in?

62440 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62440?

About 1,107 people live in ZIP code 62440, in 480 households, at 27.4 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 62440?

$79,605 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62440?

The closest are 62435 (1.7 mi), 62469 (4.8 mi), 62468 (8.1 mi), 61938 (8.4 mi) and 61920 (10 mi).

Is 62440 a PO Box ZIP code?

62440 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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