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66006

ZIP 66006 is Baldwin City, Kansas, mostly in Douglas County; area code 785; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Douglas +1 more
Metro area
Lawrence, KS
Population
8,013
Coordinates
38.7888, -95.2381
☼ Live from 66006 — Baldwin City, KS

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Where 66006 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66006
  • 🔢 Type 66006 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOOgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,006 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 19 × 193. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000000111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66002 (Atchison, KS, 53 mi away) and 66007 (Basehor, KS, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66006 becomes 60066, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06066, 06606, 60606, 60660, 66060). The farthest-flung twin is 06066 in Vernon Rockville, CT, 1,215 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯193 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66006 and you would come out at 38.79°S, 84.76°E — 1,023 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 27m.
  • 📏 At 108.7 square miles of land, 66006 is bigger than 80% of ZIP codes — room for about 83 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,013This ZIP8,013
Households2,997This ZIP2,997
Housing units3,055This ZIP3,055
Median age37.3This ZIP37.3Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$80,960This ZIP$80,960Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median home value$345,800This ZIP$345,800Kansas$217,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,113This ZIP$1,113Kansas$1,060US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.7%This ZIP52.7%
Mean commute27.3 minThis ZIP27.3 min
Population density73.7 / sq miThis ZIP73.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments165This ZIP165
Employees1,688This ZIP1,688
Annual payroll$68,183,000This ZIP$68,183,000
Tax returns filed3,450This ZIP3,450
Total adjusted gross income$301,604,000This ZIP$301,604,000

Land area

Land area108.72 sq miThis ZIP108.72 sq mi
Water area1.20 sq miThis ZIP1.20 sq mi

Counties 66006 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Douglas County 94.6%
Franklin County 5.4%

Other place names in 66006

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ZIP codes near 66006

ZIPCityDistance
66046 Lawrence, KS 8.1 mi
66047 Lawrence, KS 9.3 mi
66092 Wellsville, KS 9.9 mi
66025 Eudora, KS 11.0 mi
66045 Lawrence, KS 11.5 mi
66067 Ottawa, KS 11.9 mi
66021 Edgerton, KS 12.7 mi
66049 Lawrence, KS 14.4 mi
66524 Overbrook, KS 14.4 mi
66076 Pomona, KS 15.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66006?

66006 is in Baldwin City, Kansas, in Douglas County, part of the Lawrence, KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.7888, -95.2381.

What county is 66006 in?

66006 spans 2 counties: Douglas County and Franklin County. Most of it falls in Douglas 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 66006?

Baldwin City uses area code 785, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66006 in?

66006 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66006?

About 8,013 people live in ZIP code 66006, in 2,997 households, at 73.7 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 66006?

$80,960 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66006?

The closest are 66046 (8.1 mi), 66047 (9.3 mi), 66092 (9.9 mi), 66025 (11 mi) and 66045 (11.5 mi).

Is 66006 a PO Box ZIP code?

66006 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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