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62894

ZIP 62894 is Waltonville, Illinois, in Jefferson County; area code 618; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
Mount Vernon, IL
Population
782
Coordinates
38.2095, -89.0396
☼ Live from 62894 — Waltonville, IL

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Where 62894 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62894
  • 🔢 Type 62894 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGBZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,894 = 2 × 13 × 41 × 59. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010110101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62893 (Walnut Hill, IL, 18 mi away) and 62895 (Wayne City, IL, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62894 becomes 49826 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rumely, MI, 570 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24869, 24986, 28469, 28649, 28694, 29468, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96428 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,302 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯524 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62894 and you would come out at 38.21°S, 90.96°E — 1,282 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 45.2 square miles of land, 62894 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population782This ZIP782
Households345This ZIP345
Housing units349This ZIP349
Median age48.8This ZIP48.8Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$83,563This ZIP$83,563Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$121,900This ZIP$121,900Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$671This ZIP$671Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.0%This ZIP30.0%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density17.3 / sq miThis ZIP17.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$2,135,000This ZIP$2,135,000
Tax returns filed500This ZIP500
Total adjusted gross income$29,646,000This ZIP$29,646,000

Land area

Land area45.21 sq miThis ZIP45.21 sq mi
Water area2.13 sq miThis ZIP2.13 sq mi

Other place names in 62894

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ZIP codes near 62894

ZIPCityDistance
62883 Scheller, IL 4.5 mi
62866 Nason, IL 5.0 mi
62816 Bonnie, IL 6.5 mi
62884 Sesser, IL 8.6 mi
62876 Radom, IL 9.6 mi
62898 Woodlawn, IL 9.8 mi
62831 Du Bois, IL 10.1 mi
62808 Ashley, IL 10.5 mi
62897 Whittington, IL 10.6 mi
62846 Ina, IL 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62894?

62894 is in Waltonville, Illinois, in Jefferson County, part of the Mount Vernon, IL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2095, -89.0396.

What county is 62894 in?

62894 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 62894?

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

What time zone is 62894 in?

62894 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62894?

About 782 people live in ZIP code 62894, in 345 households, at 17.3 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 62894?

$83,563 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62894?

The closest are 62883 (4.5 mi), 62866 (5 mi), 62816 (6.5 mi), 62884 (8.6 mi) and 62876 (9.6 mi).

Is 62894 a PO Box ZIP code?

62894 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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