Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/64779

64779

ZIP 64779 is Rich Hill, Missouri, mostly in Bates County; area code 417; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Bates +1 more
Metro area
Kansas City, MO-KS
Population
2,688
Coordinates
38.0920, -94.3962
☼ Live from 64779 — Rich Hill, MO

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 64779 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 64779
  • 🔢 Type 64779 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLLhg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 64,779 = 3 × 11 × 13 × 151. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111110100001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64778 (Richards, MO, 13 mi away) and 64780 (Rockville, MO, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64779 becomes 97746, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (46779, 46797, 46977, 47967, 49677, 49776, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96747 in Kaumakani, HI, 3,978 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯255 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64779 and you would come out at 38.09°S, 85.60°E — 1,089 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 197.8 square miles of land, 64779 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 150 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 64779 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,688This ZIP2,688
Households959This ZIP959
Housing units1,107This ZIP1,107
Median age41.1This ZIP41.1Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$54,183This ZIP$54,183Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$120,600This ZIP$120,600Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$919This ZIP$919Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher10.3%This ZIP10.3%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density13.6 / sq miThis ZIP13.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees189This ZIP189
Annual payroll$6,561,000This ZIP$6,561,000
Tax returns filed910This ZIP910
Total adjusted gross income$50,027,000This ZIP$50,027,000

Land area

Land area197.77 sq miThis ZIP197.77 sq mi
Water area8.78 sq miThis ZIP8.78 sq mi

Counties 64779 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bates County 72.2%
Vernon County 27.8%

Other place names in 64779

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

ZIP codes near 64779

ZIPCityDistance
64765 Metz, MO 7.0 mi
64745 Foster, MO 7.3 mi
64752 Hume, MO 9.3 mi
64778 Richards, MO 12.8 mi
64730 Butler, MO 12.9 mi
64790 Walker, MO 15.2 mi
64722 Amoret, MO 15.4 mi
64783 Schell City, MO 17.1 mi
66767 Prescott, KS 17.1 mi
66075 Pleasanton, KS 17.4 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 64779 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64779?

64779 is in Rich Hill, Missouri, in Bates County, part of the Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0920, -94.3962.

What county is 64779 in?

64779 spans 2 counties: Bates County and Vernon County. Most of it falls in Bates 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 64779?

Rich Hill uses area code 417, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 64779 in?

64779 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 64779?

About 2,688 people live in ZIP code 64779, in 959 households, at 13.6 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 64779?

$54,183 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 64779?

The closest are 64765 (7 mi), 64745 (7.3 mi), 64752 (9.3 mi), 64778 (12.8 mi) and 64730 (12.9 mi).

Is 64779 a PO Box ZIP code?

64779 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “64779 ZIP Code — Rich Hill, Missouri (Bates County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/64779

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/64779.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.