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62458

ZIP 62458 is Saint Elmo, Illinois, mostly in Fayette County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fayette +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
2,176
Coordinates
39.0258, -88.8545
☼ Live from 62458 — Saint Elmo, IL

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Where 62458 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62458
  • 🔢 Type 62458 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BShZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,458 = 2 × 11 × 17 × 167. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111001111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62454 (Robinson, IL, 59 mi away) and 62459 (Sainte Marie, IL, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62458 becomes 85426, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24586, 24658, 25846, 25864, 26845, 28456, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85246 in Chandler, AZ, 1,337 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯522 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62458 and you would come out at 39.03°S, 91.15°E — 1,252 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 59.7 square miles of land, 62458 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,176This ZIP2,176
Households816This ZIP816
Housing units918This ZIP918
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$48,810This ZIP$48,810Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$109,800This ZIP$109,800Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$749This ZIP$749Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.5%This ZIP11.5%
Mean commute23.2 minThis ZIP23.2 min
Population density36.5 / sq miThis ZIP36.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments57This ZIP57
Employees734This ZIP734
Annual payroll$38,520,000This ZIP$38,520,000
Tax returns filed990This ZIP990
Total adjusted gross income$57,217,000This ZIP$57,217,000

Land area

Land area59.70 sq miThis ZIP59.70 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 62458 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Fayette County 87.7%
Effingham County 12.3%

Other place names in 62458

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

ZIP codes near 62458

ZIPCityDistance
62418 Brownstown, IL 6.4 mi
62411 Altamont, IL 7.2 mi
62414 Beecher City, IL 10.4 mi
62880 Saint Peter, IL 11.1 mi
62838 Farina, IL 12.6 mi
62443 Mason, IL 12.9 mi
62426 Edgewood, IL 13.8 mi
62422 Cowden, IL 14.5 mi
62461 Shumway, IL 14.8 mi
62473 Watson, IL 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62458?

62458 is in Saint Elmo, Illinois, in Fayette County. Its published point location is 39.0258, -88.8545.

What county is 62458 in?

62458 spans 2 counties: Fayette County and Effingham County. Most of it falls in Fayette 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 62458?

Saint Elmo uses area code 618, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62458 in?

62458 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62458?

About 2,176 people live in ZIP code 62458, in 816 households, at 36.5 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 62458?

$48,810 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62458?

The closest are 62418 (6.4 mi), 62411 (7.2 mi), 62414 (10.4 mi), 62880 (11.1 mi) and 62838 (12.6 mi).

Is 62458 a PO Box ZIP code?

62458 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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