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63785

ZIP 63785 is Whitewater, Missouri, mostly in Cape Girardeau County; area code 573; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cape Girardeau +1 more
Population
1,282
Coordinates
37.2668, -89.8222
☼ Live from 63785 — Whitewater, MO

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Where 63785 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 63785
  • 🔢 Type 63785 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBLEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,785 = 5 × 12757. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100100101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63784 (Vanduser, MO, 20 mi away) and 63787 (Zalma, MO, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63785 becomes 58736 — and that is a real ZIP code: Drake, ND, 910 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35768, 36578, 36587, 36758, 36785, 36875, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83657 in Ola, ID, 1,460 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯505 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63785 and you would come out at 37.27°S, 90.18°E — 1,298 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 36m.
  • 📏 At 49.9 square miles of land, 63785 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,282This ZIP1,282
Households459This ZIP459
Housing units592This ZIP592
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$75,938This ZIP$75,938Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$206,100This ZIP$206,100Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,079This ZIP$1,079Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.2%This ZIP36.2%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density25.7 / sq miThis ZIP25.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$1,683,000This ZIP$1,683,000
Tax returns filed410This ZIP410
Total adjusted gross income$29,179,000This ZIP$29,179,000

Land area

Land area49.90 sq miThis ZIP49.90 sq mi
Water area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi

Counties 63785 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Cape Girardeau County 97.4%
Bollinger County 2.6%

Other place names in 63785

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ZIP codes near 63785

ZIPCityDistance
63760 Leopold, MO 4.3 mi
63739 Burfordville, MO 6.5 mi
63752 Gordonville, MO 7.4 mi
63744 Delta, MO 7.6 mi
63745 Dutchtown, MO 9.0 mi
63764 Marble Hill, MO 9.2 mi
63740 Chaffee, MO 10.0 mi
63766 Millersville, MO 12.2 mi
63774 Perkins, MO 12.2 mi
63730 Advance, MO 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63785?

63785 is in Whitewater, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County, part of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2668, -89.8222.

What county is 63785 in?

63785 spans 2 counties: Cape Girardeau County and Bollinger County. Most of it falls in Cape Girardeau 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 63785?

Whitewater uses area code 573, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63785 in?

63785 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 63785?

About 1,282 people live in ZIP code 63785, in 459 households, at 25.7 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 63785?

$75,938 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 63785?

The closest are 63760 (4.3 mi), 63739 (6.5 mi), 63752 (7.4 mi), 63744 (7.6 mi) and 63745 (9 mi).

Is 63785 a PO Box ZIP code?

63785 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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