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63874

ZIP 63874 is Risco, Missouri, in New Madrid County; area code 573; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
New Madrid
Metro area
none
Population
288
Coordinates
36.5617, -89.8137
☼ Live from 63874 — Risco, MO

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Where 63874 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 63874
  • 🔢 Type 63874 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLBEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,874 = 2 × 109 × 293. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100110000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63873 (Portageville, MO, 12 mi away) and 63875 (Rives, MO, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63874 becomes 47836 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bridgeton, IN, 257 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34786, 36748, 36784, 36874, 37684, 37846, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83647 in Mountain Home, ID, 1,434 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯526 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63874 and you would come out at 36.56°S, 90.19°E — 1,334 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 0.968 square miles of land, 63874 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 469 football fields.
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People and housing

Population288This ZIP288
Households126This ZIP126
Housing units153This ZIP153
Median age36.7This ZIP36.7Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$48,000This ZIP$48,000Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$62,300This ZIP$62,300Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$696This ZIP$696Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher4.1%This ZIP4.1%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density297.5 / sq miThis ZIP297.5 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.97 sq miThis ZIP0.97 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 63874

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 63874

ZIPCityDistance
63878 Tallapoosa, MO 4.1 mi
63870 Parma, MO 4.4 mi
63833 Catron, MO 7.7 mi
63862 Lilbourn, MO 7.8 mi
63863 Malden, MO 9.1 mi
63848 Gideon, MO 9.6 mi
63866 Marston, MO 11.8 mi
63837 Clarkton, MO 12.3 mi
63822 Bernie, MO 12.3 mi
63873 Portageville, MO 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63874?

63874 is in Risco, Missouri, in New Madrid County. Its published point location is 36.5617, -89.8137.

What county is 63874 in?

63874 lies in New Madrid County.

What area code is 63874?

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

What time zone is 63874 in?

63874 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 63874?

About 288 people live in ZIP code 63874, in 126 households, at 297.5 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 63874?

$48,000 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 63874?

The closest are 63878 (4.1 mi), 63870 (4.4 mi), 63833 (7.7 mi), 63862 (7.8 mi) and 63863 (9.1 mi).

Is 63874 a PO Box ZIP code?

63874 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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