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64501

ZIP 64501 is in Saint Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County; area codes 816 and 975; Central time. Saint Joseph has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Buchanan
Metro area
St. Joseph, MO-KS
Population
10,689
Coordinates
39.7662, -94.8444
☼ Live from 64501 — Saint Joseph, MO

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Where 64501 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 64501
  • 🔢 Type 64501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOShg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 64,501 = 53 × 1217. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64499 (Worth, MO, 49 mi away) and 64502 (Saint Joseph, MO, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64501 becomes 10546 — and that is a real ZIP code: Millwood, NY, 1,108 miles away.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01546, 01564, 05146, 05461, 05641, 06145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01564 in Sterling, MA, 1,211 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯198 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64501 and you would come out at 39.77°S, 85.16°E — 986 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 3.7 square miles of land, 64501 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,689This ZIP10,689
Households4,254This ZIP4,254
Housing units5,576This ZIP5,576
Median age35.8This ZIP35.8Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$46,731This ZIP$46,731Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$98,600This ZIP$98,600Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$912This ZIP$912Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.2%This ZIP17.2%
Mean commute17.0 minThis ZIP17.0 min
Population density2,878.8 / sq miThis ZIP2,878.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments313This ZIP313
Employees4,002This ZIP4,002
Annual payroll$263,883,000This ZIP$263,883,000
Tax returns filed4,620This ZIP4,620
Total adjusted gross income$195,331,000This ZIP$195,331,000

Land area

Land area3.71 sq miThis ZIP3.71 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 64501

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ZIP codes near 64501

ZIPCityDistance
64502 Saint Joseph, MO 0.2 mi
64503 Saint Joseph, MO 1.2 mi
66024 Elwood, KS 2.4 mi
64506 Saint Joseph, MO 2.7 mi
64505 Saint Joseph, MO 5.7 mi
64507 Saint Joseph, MO 5.9 mi
64504 Saint Joseph, MO 6.1 mi
64508 Saint Joseph, MO 6.3 mi
66090 Wathena, KS 7.0 mi
64436 Cosby, MO 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64501?

64501 is in Saint Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County, part of the St. Joseph, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7662, -94.8444.

What county is 64501 in?

64501 lies in Buchanan County.

What area code is 64501?

Saint Joseph uses area codes 816 and 975, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 64501 in?

64501 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 64501?

About 10,689 people live in ZIP code 64501, in 4,254 households, at 2,878.8 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 64501?

$46,731 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 64501?

The closest are 64502 (0.2 mi), 64503 (1.2 mi), 66024 (2.4 mi), 64506 (2.7 mi) and 64505 (5.7 mi).

Is 64501 a PO Box ZIP code?

64501 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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