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62568

ZIP 62568 is Taylorville, Illinois, in Christian County; area codes 217 and 447; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Christian
Metro area
Taylorville, IL
Population
15,952
Coordinates
39.5597, -89.2870
☼ Live from 62568 — Taylorville, IL

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Where 62568 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62568
  • 🔢 Type 62568 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgSZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,568 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 79. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010001101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62567 (Stonington, IL, 8 mi away) and 62570 (Tovey, IL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62568 becomes 86526, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25686, 25866, 26568, 26586, 26865, 28656, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85662 in Nogales, AZ, 1,332 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯494 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62568 and you would come out at 39.56°S, 90.71°E — 1,210 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 124.7 square miles of land, 62568 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 95 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,952This ZIP15,952
Households6,082This ZIP6,082
Housing units6,814This ZIP6,814
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$62,718This ZIP$62,718Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$123,700This ZIP$123,700Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$818This ZIP$818Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.8%This ZIP17.8%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density127.9 / sq miThis ZIP127.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments375This ZIP375
Employees4,270This ZIP4,270
Annual payroll$189,730,000This ZIP$189,730,000
Tax returns filed6,860This ZIP6,860
Total adjusted gross income$495,000,000This ZIP$495,000,000

Land area

Land area124.72 sq miThis ZIP124.72 sq mi
Water area1.41 sq miThis ZIP1.41 sq mi

Other place names in 62568

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

ZIP codes near 62568

ZIPCityDistance
62540 Kincaid, IL 7.3 mi
62556 Palmer, IL 7.5 mi
62555 Owaneco, IL 7.8 mi
62567 Stonington, IL 7.9 mi
62517 Bulpitt, IL 8.1 mi
62570 Tovey, IL 8.9 mi
62531 Edinburg, IL 9.3 mi
62546 Morrisonville, IL 12.3 mi
62513 Blue Mound, IL 13.3 mi
62510 Assumption, IL 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62568?

62568 is in Taylorville, Illinois, in Christian County, part of the Taylorville, IL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5597, -89.2870.

What county is 62568 in?

62568 lies in Christian County.

What area code is 62568?

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

What time zone is 62568 in?

62568 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62568?

About 15,952 people live in ZIP code 62568, in 6,082 households, at 127.9 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 62568?

$62,718 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62568?

The closest are 62540 (7.3 mi), 62556 (7.5 mi), 62555 (7.8 mi), 62567 (7.9 mi) and 62517 (8.1 mi).

Is 62568 a PO Box ZIP code?

62568 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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