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62969

ZIP 62969 is Olive Branch, Illinois, in Alexander County; area codes 618 and 730; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Alexander
Population
314
Coordinates
37.1397, -89.3337
☼ Live from 62969 — Olive Branch, IL

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Where 62969 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 62969
  • 🔢 Type 62969 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgGZg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 62969 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010111111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 62967 (New Burnside, IL, 45 mi away) and 62970 (Olmsted, IL, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 62969 becomes 96926 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sinajana, GU, 7,483 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (29669, 29696, 62996, 96269, 96926, 99626, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96926 in Sinajana, GU, 7,483 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯533 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 62969 and you would come out at 37.14°S, 90.67°E — 1,323 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 14.3 square miles of land, 62969 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population314This ZIP314
Households158This ZIP158
Housing units205This ZIP205
Median age58.4This ZIP58.4Illinois39.0US 38.9
Median home value$62,100This ZIP$62,100Illinois$263,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.8%This ZIP0.8%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density21.9 / sq miThis ZIP21.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees39This ZIP39
Annual payroll$774,000This ZIP$774,000
Tax returns filed170This ZIP170
Total adjusted gross income$8,389,000This ZIP$8,389,000

Land area

Land area14.31 sq miThis ZIP14.31 sq mi
Water area2.80 sq miThis ZIP2.80 sq mi

Other place names in 62969

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ZIP codes near 62969

ZIPCityDistance
62993 Unity, IL 1.0 mi
62962 Miller City, IL 4.4 mi
62964 Mounds, IL 5.9 mi
62988 Tamms, IL 6.3 mi
63742 Commerce, MO 6.4 mi
62990 Thebes, IL 7.1 mi
62976 Pulaski, IL 8.7 mi
63780 Scott City, MO 9.3 mi
62963 Mound City, IL 9.5 mi
62914 Cairo, IL 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 62969?

62969 is in Olive Branch, Illinois, in Alexander County, part of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1397, -89.3337.

What county is 62969 in?

62969 lies in Alexander County.

What area code is 62969?

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

What time zone is 62969 in?

62969 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 62969?

About 314 people live in ZIP code 62969, in 158 households, at 21.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 62969?

The closest are 62993 (1 mi), 62962 (4.4 mi), 62964 (5.9 mi), 62988 (6.3 mi) and 63742 (6.4 mi).

Is 62969 a PO Box ZIP code?

62969 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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