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62917

ZIP 62917 is Carrier Mills, Illinois, mostly in Saline County; area codes 618 and 730; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Saline +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
2,303
Coordinates
37.6934, -88.6516
☼ Live from 62917 — Carrier Mills, IL

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Where 62917 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62917
  • 🔢 Type 62917 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIGZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 62,917 = 17 × 3701. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010111000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62916 (Campbell Hill, IL, 53 mi away) and 62918 (Carterville, IL, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62917 becomes 71926, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12769, 12967, 12976, 16729, 16927, 19726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96271 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,798 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯555 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62917 and you would come out at 37.69°S, 91.35°E — 1,322 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 62917 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,303This ZIP2,303
Households986This ZIP986
Housing units1,227This ZIP1,227
Median age48.3This ZIP48.3Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median household income$50,119This ZIP$50,119Illinois$83,390US $80,734
Median home value$73,400This ZIP$73,400Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$525This ZIP$525Illinois$1,274US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.2%This ZIP11.2%
Mean commute26.9 minThis ZIP26.9 min
Population density77.4 / sq miThis ZIP77.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees382This ZIP382
Annual payroll$26,906,000This ZIP$26,906,000
Tax returns filed930This ZIP930
Total adjusted gross income$51,809,000This ZIP$51,809,000

Land area

Land area29.74 sq miThis ZIP29.74 sq mi
Water area1.30 sq miThis ZIP1.30 sq mi

Counties 62917 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Saline County 78.4%
Williamson County 21.6%

Other place names in 62917

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ZIP codes near 62917

ZIPCityDistance
62987 Stonefort, IL 5.2 mi
62946 Harrisburg, IL 7.2 mi
62967 New Burnside, IL 8.8 mi
62965 Muddy, IL 8.9 mi
62974 Pittsburg, IL 9.9 mi
62922 Creal Springs, IL 10.2 mi
62935 Galatia, IL 10.5 mi
62977 Raleigh, IL 12.6 mi
62972 Ozark, IL 13.9 mi
62959 Marion, IL 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62917?

62917 is in Carrier Mills, Illinois, in Saline County. Its published point location is 37.6934, -88.6516.

What county is 62917 in?

62917 spans 2 counties: Saline County and Williamson County. Most of it falls in Saline 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 62917?

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

What time zone is 62917 in?

62917 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62917?

About 2,303 people live in ZIP code 62917, in 986 households, at 77.4 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 62917?

$50,119 a year, against $83,390 across Illinois.

What ZIP codes are near 62917?

The closest are 62987 (5.2 mi), 62946 (7.2 mi), 62967 (8.8 mi), 62965 (8.9 mi) and 62974 (9.9 mi).

Is 62917 a PO Box ZIP code?

62917 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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