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62565

ZIP 62565 is Shelbyville, Illinois, in Shelby County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
none
Population
7,559
Coordinates
39.4168, -88.8039
☼ Live from 62565 — Shelbyville, IL

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Where 62565 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62565
  • 🔢 Type 62565 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgSZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,565 = 3 × 5 × 43 × 97. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010001100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62563 (Rochester, IL, 42 mi away) and 62567 (Stonington, IL, 26 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62565 becomes 56526, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25665, 52566, 52656, 56256, 56265, 56562, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56652 in Leonard, MN, 656 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯521 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62565 and you would come out at 39.42°S, 91.20°E — 1,236 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 127.1 square miles of land, 62565 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 96 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,559This ZIP7,559
Households3,213This ZIP3,213
Housing units3,668This ZIP3,668
Median age42.4This ZIP42.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$66,498This ZIP$66,498Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$137,600This ZIP$137,600Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$805This ZIP$805Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.2%This ZIP18.2%
Mean commute15.8 minThis ZIP15.8 min
Population density59.5 / sq miThis ZIP59.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments214This ZIP214
Employees3,107This ZIP3,107
Annual payroll$178,167,000This ZIP$178,167,000
Tax returns filed3,490This ZIP3,490
Total adjusted gross income$248,219,000This ZIP$248,219,000

Land area

Land area127.08 sq miThis ZIP127.08 sq mi
Water area5.35 sq miThis ZIP5.35 sq mi

Other place names in 62565

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

ZIP codes near 62565

ZIPCityDistance
62438 Lakewood, IL 7.2 mi
62534 Findlay, IL 7.8 mi
62571 Tower Hill, IL 8.7 mi
62465 Strasburg, IL 10.1 mi
62444 Mode, IL 10.2 mi
61957 Windsor, IL 10.4 mi
62422 Cowden, IL 13.5 mi
62510 Assumption, IL 14.4 mi
62463 Stewardson, IL 14.7 mi
61914 Bethany, IL 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62565?

62565 is in Shelbyville, Illinois, in Shelby County. Its published point location is 39.4168, -88.8039.

What county is 62565 in?

62565 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 62565?

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

What time zone is 62565 in?

62565 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62565?

About 7,559 people live in ZIP code 62565, in 3,213 households, at 59.5 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 62565?

$66,498 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62565?

The closest are 62438 (7.2 mi), 62534 (7.8 mi), 62571 (8.7 mi), 62465 (10.1 mi) and 62444 (10.2 mi).

Is 62565 a PO Box ZIP code?

62565 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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