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/64840

64840

ZIP 64840 is Diamond, Missouri, mostly in Newton County; area code 417; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Newton +1 more
Metro area
Joplin, MO-KS
Population
3,325
Coordinates
37.0201, -94.3429
☼ Live from 64840 — Diamond, MO

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 64840 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 64840
  • 🔢 Type 64840 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhBhg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 64,840 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 1621. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111110101001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 64836 (Carthage, MO, 12 mi away) and 64841 (Duenweg, MO, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 64840 becomes 04846, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04468, 04648, 04684, 04864, 06484, 08644, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04648 in Jonesboro, ME, 1,484 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯300 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 64840 and you would come out at 37.02°S, 85.66°E — 1,149 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 52.0 square miles of land, 64840 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 64840 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population3,325This ZIP3,325
Households1,216This ZIP1,216
Housing units1,332This ZIP1,332
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$65,000This ZIP$65,000Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$225,600This ZIP$225,600Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$705This ZIP$705Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density63.9 / sq miThis ZIP63.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees315This ZIP315
Annual payroll$14,397,000This ZIP$14,397,000
Tax returns filed1,240This ZIP1,240
Total adjusted gross income$73,868,000This ZIP$73,868,000

Land area

Land area52.02 sq miThis ZIP52.02 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Counties 64840 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Newton County 87.2%
Jasper County 12.8%

Other place names in 64840

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

ZIP codes near 64840

ZIPCityDistance
64841 Duenweg, MO 5.5 mi
64864 Saginaw, MO 6.9 mi
64804 Joplin, MO 9.3 mi
64844 Granby, MO 9.5 mi
64835 Carterville, MO 10.3 mi
64802 Joplin, MO 10.4 mi
64803 Joplin, MO 10.4 mi
64801 Joplin, MO 10.4 mi
64850 Neosho, MO 11.4 mi
64836 Carthage, MO 12.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 64840 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 64840?

64840 is in Diamond, Missouri, in Newton County, part of the Joplin, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0201, -94.3429.

What county is 64840 in?

64840 spans 2 counties: Newton County and Jasper County. Most of it falls in Newton 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 64840?

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

What time zone is 64840 in?

64840 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 64840?

About 3,325 people live in ZIP code 64840, in 1,216 households, at 63.9 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 64840?

$65,000 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 64840?

The closest are 64841 (5.5 mi), 64864 (6.9 mi), 64804 (9.3 mi), 64844 (9.5 mi) and 64835 (10.3 mi).

Is 64840 a PO Box ZIP code?

64840 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “64840 ZIP Code — Diamond, Missouri (Newton County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/64840

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/64840.json

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