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62908

ZIP 62908 is Belknap, Illinois, mostly in Massac County; area codes 618 and 730; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Massac +1 more
Metro area
Paducah, KY-IL
Population
440
Coordinates
37.3102, -88.8649
☼ Live from 62908 — Belknap, IL

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Where 62908 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62908
  • 🔢 Type 62908 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOGZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,908 = 2 × 2 × 15727. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010110111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62907 (Ava, IL, 52 mi away) and 62909 (Boles, IL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62908 becomes 80926 — and that is a real ZIP code: Colorado Springs, CO, 877 miles away.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02896, 06829, 08629, 09628, 09682, 09826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09682 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,299 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯553 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62908 and you would come out at 37.31°S, 91.14°E — 1,333 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 49.9 square miles of land, 62908 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population440This ZIP440
Households175This ZIP175
Housing units202This ZIP202
Median age51.0This ZIP51.0Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$90,083This ZIP$90,083Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$161,100This ZIP$161,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.4%This ZIP14.4%
Mean commute19.6 minThis ZIP19.6 min
Population density8.8 / sq miThis ZIP8.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees20This ZIP20
Annual payroll$503,000This ZIP$503,000
Tax returns filed200This ZIP200
Total adjusted gross income$15,455,000This ZIP$15,455,000

Land area

Land area49.88 sq miThis ZIP49.88 sq mi
Water area0.90 sq miThis ZIP0.90 sq mi

Counties 62908 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Massac County 64.6%
Johnson County 35.4%

Other place names in 62908

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

ZIP codes near 62908

ZIPCityDistance
62956 Karnak, IL 4.2 mi
62953 Joppa, IL 7.0 mi
62943 Grantsburg, IL 7.3 mi
62941 Grand Chain, IL 7.4 mi
62995 Vienna, IL 7.6 mi
62960 Metropolis, IL 9.4 mi
62909 Boles, IL 9.5 mi
62923 Cypress, IL 9.6 mi
62973 Perks, IL 12.0 mi
42022 Bandana, KY 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62908?

62908 is in Belknap, Illinois, in Massac County, part of the Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3102, -88.8649.

What county is 62908 in?

62908 spans 2 counties: Massac County and Johnson County. Most of it falls in Massac 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 62908?

Belknap uses area codes 618 and 730, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 62908 in?

62908 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62908?

About 440 people live in ZIP code 62908, in 175 households, at 8.8 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 62908?

$90,083 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62908?

The closest are 62956 (4.2 mi), 62953 (7 mi), 62943 (7.3 mi), 62941 (7.4 mi) and 62995 (7.6 mi).

Is 62908 a PO Box ZIP code?

62908 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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