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64506

ZIP 64506 is in Saint Joseph, Missouri, mostly 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 +1 more
Metro area
St. Joseph, MO-KS
Population
21,461
Coordinates
39.7899, -94.8033
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Where 64506 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 64506
  • 🔢 Type 64506 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOShg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 64,506 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 827. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111101111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64505 (Saint Joseph, MO, 4 mi away) and 64507 (Saint Joseph, MO, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64506 becomes 60546 — and that is a real ZIP code: Riverside, IL, 391 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05466, 05664, 06456, 45066, 45660, 46056, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05664 in Northfield Falls, VT, 1,173 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯200 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64506 and you would come out at 39.79°S, 85.20°E — 987 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 10.0 square miles of land, 64506 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,461This ZIP21,461
Households8,897This ZIP8,897
Housing units9,863This ZIP9,863
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$65,573This ZIP$65,573Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$240,300This ZIP$240,300Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$896This ZIP$896Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.6%This ZIP32.6%
Mean commute16.3 minThis ZIP16.3 min
Population density2,140.5 / sq miThis ZIP2,140.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments823This ZIP823
Employees17,306This ZIP17,306
Annual payroll$847,876,000This ZIP$847,876,000
Tax returns filed10,190This ZIP10,190
Total adjusted gross income$811,489,000This ZIP$811,489,000

Land area

Land area10.03 sq miThis ZIP10.03 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 64506 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Buchanan County 96.0%
Andrew County 4.0%

Other place names in 64506

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ZIP codes near 64506

ZIPCityDistance
64501 Saint Joseph, MO 2.7 mi
64502 Saint Joseph, MO 2.7 mi
64503 Saint Joseph, MO 3.6 mi
64505 Saint Joseph, MO 4.1 mi
64507 Saint Joseph, MO 5.0 mi
66024 Elwood, KS 5.0 mi
64436 Cosby, MO 7.3 mi
64508 Saint Joseph, MO 8.4 mi
64443 Easton, MO 8.6 mi
64504 Saint Joseph, MO 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64506?

64506 is in Saint Joseph, Missouri, in Buchanan County, part of the St. Joseph, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7899, -94.8033.

What county is 64506 in?

64506 spans 2 counties: Buchanan County and Andrew County. Most of it falls in Buchanan 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 64506?

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

What time zone is 64506 in?

64506 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 64506?

About 21,461 people live in ZIP code 64506, in 8,897 households, at 2,140.5 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 64506?

$65,573 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 64506?

The closest are 64501 (2.7 mi), 64502 (2.7 mi), 64503 (3.6 mi), 64505 (4.1 mi) and 64507 (5 mi).

Is 64506 a PO Box ZIP code?

64506 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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