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65649

ZIP 65649 is Fair Play, Missouri, mostly in Polk County; area code 417; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Polk +1 more
Metro area
Springfield, MO
Population
1,932
Coordinates
37.6173, -93.6232
☼ Live from 65649 — Fair Play, MO

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Where 65649 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 65649
  • 🔢 Type 65649 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhgSg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 65,649 = 3 × 79 × 277. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000000001110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 65648 (Fair Grove, MO, 29 mi away) and 65650 (Flemington, MO, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 65649 becomes 94656, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45669, 45696, 46965, 49656, 49665, 54669, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96546 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,771 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯308 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 65649 and you would come out at 37.62°S, 86.38°E — 1,141 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 67.1 square miles of land, 65649 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,932This ZIP1,932
Households766This ZIP766
Housing units936This ZIP936
Median age46.6This ZIP46.6Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$46,516This ZIP$46,516Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$314,300This ZIP$314,300Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$941This ZIP$941Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.1%This ZIP17.1%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density28.8 / sq miThis ZIP28.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees100This ZIP100
Annual payroll$3,077,000This ZIP$3,077,000
Tax returns filed710This ZIP710
Total adjusted gross income$38,136,000This ZIP$38,136,000

Land area

Land area67.14 sq miThis ZIP67.14 sq mi
Water area5.05 sq miThis ZIP5.05 sq mi

Counties 65649 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Polk County 53.9%
Cedar County 46.1%

Other place names in 65649

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

ZIP codes near 65649

ZIPCityDistance
65601 Aldrich, MO 6.4 mi
65640 Dunnegan, MO 6.4 mi
65635 Dadeville, MO 7.8 mi
65645 Eudora, MO 10.7 mi
65674 Humansville, MO 12.0 mi
65785 Stockton, MO 12.7 mi
65613 Bolivar, MO 13.0 mi
65603 Arcola, MO 14.0 mi
65770 Walnut Grove, MO 14.1 mi
65710 Morrisville, MO 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 65649?

65649 is in Fair Play, Missouri, in Polk County, part of the Springfield, MO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.6173, -93.6232.

What county is 65649 in?

65649 spans 2 counties: Polk County and Cedar County. Most of it falls in Polk 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 65649?

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

What time zone is 65649 in?

65649 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 65649?

About 1,932 people live in ZIP code 65649, in 766 households, at 28.8 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 65649?

$46,516 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 65649?

The closest are 65601 (6.4 mi), 65640 (6.4 mi), 65635 (7.8 mi), 65645 (10.7 mi) and 65674 (12 mi).

Is 65649 a PO Box ZIP code?

65649 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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