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66547

ZIP 66547 is Wamego, Kansas, mostly in Pottawatomie County; area code 785; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pottawatomie +1 more
Metro area
Manhattan, KS
Population
8,579
Coordinates
39.2316, -96.2956
☼ Live from 66547 — Wamego, KS

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Where 66547 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66547
  • 🔢 Type 66547 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhSgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,547 = 13 × 5119. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000001111110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66546 (Wakarusa, KS, 38 mi away) and 66548 (Waterville, KS, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66547 becomes 74566, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45766, 46567, 46765, 47665, 54667, 54766, …). The farthest-flung twin is 45766 in New Marshfield, OH, 750 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯129 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66547 and you would come out at 39.23°S, 83.70°E — 963 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
  • 📏 At 133.2 square miles of land, 66547 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 101 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,579This ZIP8,579
Households3,254This ZIP3,254
Housing units3,561This ZIP3,561
Median age39.3This ZIP39.3Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$103,454This ZIP$103,454Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median home value$219,200This ZIP$219,200Kansas$217,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$864This ZIP$864Kansas$1,060US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.4%This ZIP41.4%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density64.4 / sq miThis ZIP64.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments238This ZIP238
Employees2,608This ZIP2,608
Annual payroll$123,188,000This ZIP$123,188,000
Tax returns filed4,110This ZIP4,110
Total adjusted gross income$356,975,000This ZIP$356,975,000

Land area

Land area133.15 sq miThis ZIP133.15 sq mi
Water area1.74 sq miThis ZIP1.74 sq mi

Counties 66547 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Pottawatomie County 77.2%
Wabaunsee County 22.8%

Other place names in 66547

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ZIP codes near 66547

ZIPCityDistance
66407 Belvue, KS 5.9 mi
66535 Saint George, KS 7.8 mi
66536 Saint Marys, KS 12.2 mi
66501 Mc Farland, KS 12.7 mi
66422 Emmett, KS 13.3 mi
66526 Paxico, KS 13.6 mi
66502 Manhattan, KS 14.0 mi
66549 Westmoreland, KS 15.1 mi
66506 Manhattan, KS 15.5 mi
66521 Onaga, KS 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66547?

66547 is in Wamego, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County, part of the Manhattan, KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.2316, -96.2956.

What county is 66547 in?

66547 spans 2 counties: Pottawatomie County and Wabaunsee County. Most of it falls in Pottawatomie 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 66547?

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

What time zone is 66547 in?

66547 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66547?

About 8,579 people live in ZIP code 66547, in 3,254 households, at 64.4 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 66547?

$103,454 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66547?

The closest are 66407 (5.9 mi), 66535 (7.8 mi), 66536 (12.2 mi), 66501 (12.7 mi) and 66422 (13.3 mi).

Is 66547 a PO Box ZIP code?

66547 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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