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63048

ZIP 63048 is Herculaneum, Missouri, in Jefferson County; area code 636; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
St. Louis, MO-IL
Population
4,228
Coordinates
38.2604, -90.3924
☼ Live from 63048 — Herculaneum, MO

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Where 63048 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 63048
  • 🔢 Type 63048 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhOEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,048 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 37 × 71. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111011001001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63047 (Hematite, MO, 7 mi away) and 63049 (High Ridge, MO, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63048 becomes 84036 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kamas, UT, 1,110 miles away.
  • 👥 60 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03468, 03846, 03864, 04683, 04863, 06384, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83604 in Bruneau, ID, 1,359 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯452 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63048 and you would come out at 38.26°S, 89.61°E — 1,227 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 3.6 square miles of land, 63048 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,228This ZIP4,228
Households1,611This ZIP1,611
Housing units1,783This ZIP1,783
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$92,109This ZIP$92,109Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$231,600This ZIP$231,600Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,774This ZIP$1,774Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.6%This ZIP23.6%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density1,167.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,167.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments60This ZIP60
Employees1,056This ZIP1,056
Annual payroll$56,706,000This ZIP$56,706,000
Tax returns filed2,050This ZIP2,050
Total adjusted gross income$141,852,000This ZIP$141,852,000

Land area

Land area3.62 sq miThis ZIP3.62 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

Other place names in 63048

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ZIP codes near 63048

ZIPCityDistance
63019 Crystal City, MO 2.2 mi
63070 Pevely, MO 2.4 mi
62295 Valmeyer, IL 4.5 mi
63065 Mapaville, MO 5.0 mi
63057 Liguori, MO 5.7 mi
63047 Hematite, MO 6.8 mi
63012 Barnhart, MO 6.9 mi
63053 Kimmswick, MO 7.5 mi
63028 Festus, MO 8.1 mi
62256 Maeystown, IL 9.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63048?

63048 is in Herculaneum, Missouri, in Jefferson County, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2604, -90.3924.

What county is 63048 in?

63048 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 63048?

Herculaneum uses area code 636, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63048 in?

63048 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 63048?

About 4,228 people live in ZIP code 63048, in 1,611 households, at 1,167.6 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 63048?

$92,109 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 63048?

The closest are 63019 (2.2 mi), 63070 (2.4 mi), 62295 (4.5 mi), 63065 (5 mi) and 63057 (5.7 mi).

Is 63048 a PO Box ZIP code?

63048 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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