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66770

ZIP 66770 is Riverton, Kansas, in Cherokee County; area code 620; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cherokee
Metro area
Joplin, MO-KS
Population
1,047
Coordinates
37.0807, -94.7153
☼ Live from 66770 — Riverton, KS

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Where 66770 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66770
  • 🔢 Type 66770 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLLgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,770 = 2 × 5 × 11 × 607. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000010011010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66769 (Redfield, KS, 54 mi away) and 66771 (Saint Paul, KS, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66770 becomes 07766, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (06776, 07676, 60677, 67067, 76067, 76670, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06776 in New Milford, CT, 1,176 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯282 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66770 and you would come out at 37.08°S, 85.28°E — 1,133 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 7.1 square miles of land, 66770 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,047This ZIP1,047
Households348This ZIP348
Housing units348This ZIP348
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$90,521This ZIP$90,521Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median home value$149,100This ZIP$149,100Kansas$217,200US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher30.5%This ZIP30.5%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density148.0 / sq miThis ZIP148.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments21This ZIP21
Employees185This ZIP185
Annual payroll$7,357,000This ZIP$7,357,000
Tax returns filed480This ZIP480
Total adjusted gross income$31,271,000This ZIP$31,271,000

Land area

Land area7.07 sq miThis ZIP7.07 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Other place names in 66770

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ZIP codes near 66770

ZIPCityDistance
66739 Galena, KS 4.5 mi
66713 Baxter Springs, KS 4.8 mi
66728 Crestline, KS 6.2 mi
74363 Quapaw, OK 8.3 mi
66778 Treece, KS 8.8 mi
74360 Picher, OK 9.6 mi
74335 Cardin, OK 10.4 mi
64834 Carl Junction, MO 10.7 mi
64802 Joplin, MO 11.1 mi
64803 Joplin, MO 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66770?

66770 is in Riverton, Kansas, in Cherokee County, part of the Joplin, MO-KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0807, -94.7153.

What county is 66770 in?

66770 lies in Cherokee County.

What area code is 66770?

Riverton uses area code 620, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66770 in?

66770 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66770?

About 1,047 people live in ZIP code 66770, in 348 households, at 148.0 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 66770?

$90,521 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66770?

The closest are 66739 (4.5 mi), 66713 (4.8 mi), 66728 (6.2 mi), 74363 (8.3 mi) and 66778 (8.8 mi).

Is 66770 a PO Box ZIP code?

66770 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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