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63501

ZIP 63501 is Kirksville, Missouri, in Adair County; area code 660; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Adair
Metro area
Kirksville, MO
Population
21,218
Coordinates
40.1663, -92.5912
☼ Live from 63501 — Kirksville, MO

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Where 63501 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 63501
  • 🔢 Type 63501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,501 = 3 × 61 × 347. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63474 (Wyaconda, MO, 39 mi away) and 63530 (Atlanta, MO, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63501 becomes 10536 — and that is a real ZIP code: Katonah, NY, 991 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01536, 01653, 03561, 05361, 06153, 06351, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03561 in Littleton, NH, 1,099 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯318 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63501 and you would come out at 40.17°S, 87.41°E — 1,051 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 206.3 square miles of land, 63501 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 157 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,218This ZIP21,218
Households7,715This ZIP7,715
Housing units9,440This ZIP9,440
Median age27.7This ZIP27.7Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$60,729This ZIP$60,729Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$168,200This ZIP$168,200Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$777This ZIP$777Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.4%This ZIP39.4%
Mean commute14.0 minThis ZIP14.0 min
Population density102.9 / sq miThis ZIP102.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments588This ZIP588
Employees8,185This ZIP8,185
Annual payroll$352,244,000This ZIP$352,244,000
Tax returns filed7,950This ZIP7,950
Total adjusted gross income$467,162,000This ZIP$467,162,000

Land area

Land area206.29 sq miThis ZIP206.29 sq mi
Water area1.24 sq miThis ZIP1.24 sq mi

Other place names in 63501

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ZIP codes near 63501

ZIPCityDistance
63559 Novinger, MO 10.7 mi
63533 Brashear, MO 10.8 mi
63540 Gibbs, MO 11.2 mi
63549 La Plata, MO 11.6 mi
63546 Greentop, MO 12.7 mi
63544 Green Castle, MO 14.7 mi
63538 Elmer, MO 15.4 mi
63547 Hurdland, MO 15.6 mi
63561 Queen City, MO 17.1 mi
63567 Worthington, MO 18.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63501?

63501 is in Kirksville, Missouri, in Adair County, part of the Kirksville, MO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1663, -92.5912.

What county is 63501 in?

63501 lies in Adair County.

What area code is 63501?

Kirksville uses area code 660, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63501 in?

63501 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 63501?

About 21,218 people live in ZIP code 63501, in 7,715 households, at 102.9 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 63501?

$60,729 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 63501?

The closest are 63559 (10.7 mi), 63533 (10.8 mi), 63540 (11.2 mi), 63549 (11.6 mi) and 63546 (12.7 mi).

Is 63501 a PO Box ZIP code?

63501 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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