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62547

ZIP 62547 is Mount Auburn, Illinois, mostly in Christian County; area code 217; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Christian +1 more
Metro area
Taylorville, IL
Population
574
Coordinates
39.7705, -89.2423
☼ Live from 62547 — Mount Auburn, IL

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Where 62547 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62547
  • 🔢 Type 62547 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhSZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,547 = 3 × 20849. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010001010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62546 (Morrisonville, IL, 26 mi away) and 62548 (Mount Pulaski, IL, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62547 becomes 74526, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24576, 24657, 25647, 25674, 26547, 26574, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76542 in Killeen, TX, 771 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯495 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62547 and you would come out at 39.77°S, 90.76°E — 1,202 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 41.7 square miles of land, 62547 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population574This ZIP574
Households251This ZIP251
Housing units283This ZIP283
Median age47.7This ZIP47.7Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$59,750This ZIP$59,750Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$94,600This ZIP$94,600Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,154This ZIP$1,154Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.8%This ZIP12.8%
Mean commute31.0 minThis ZIP31.0 min
Population density13.8 / sq miThis ZIP13.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees59This ZIP59
Annual payroll$3,404,000This ZIP$3,404,000
Tax returns filed330This ZIP330
Total adjusted gross income$25,544,000This ZIP$25,544,000

Land area

Land area41.74 sq miThis ZIP41.74 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 62547 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Christian County 96.3%
Macon County 3.7%

Other place names in 62547

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

ZIP codes near 62547

ZIPCityDistance
62513 Blue Mound, IL 6.0 mi
62539 Illiopolis, IL 6.7 mi
62551 Niantic, IL 7.4 mi
62545 Mechanicsburg, IL 7.6 mi
62567 Stonington, IL 9.0 mi
62515 Buffalo, IL 9.0 mi
62537 Harristown, IL 9.7 mi
62531 Edinburg, IL 9.8 mi
62514 Boody, IL 10.5 mi
62522 Decatur, IL 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62547?

62547 is in Mount Auburn, Illinois, in Christian County, part of the Taylorville, IL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7705, -89.2423.

What county is 62547 in?

62547 spans 2 counties: Christian County and Macon County. Most of it falls in Christian 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 62547?

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

What time zone is 62547 in?

62547 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62547?

About 574 people live in ZIP code 62547, in 251 households, at 13.8 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 62547?

$59,750 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62547?

The closest are 62513 (6 mi), 62539 (6.7 mi), 62551 (7.4 mi), 62545 (7.6 mi) and 62567 (9 mi).

Is 62547 a PO Box ZIP code?

62547 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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