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72617

ZIP 72617 is Big Flat, Arkansas, mostly in Baxter County; area code 870; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Baxter +2 more
Metro area
Mountain Home, AR
Population
444
Coordinates
36.0200, -92.3867
☼ Live from 72617 — Big Flat, AR

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Where 72617 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72617
  • 🔢 Type 72617 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIgZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 72617 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001101110101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72616 (Berryville, AR, 69 mi away) and 72619 (Bull Shoals, AR, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72617 becomes 71627, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12767, 12776, 16727, 17267, 17726, 17762, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12776 in Roscoe, NY, 1,020 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯428 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72617 and you would come out at 36.02°S, 87.61°E — 1,270 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 42m.
  • 📏 At 38.6 square miles of land, 72617 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population444This ZIP444
Households100This ZIP100
Housing units122This ZIP122
Median age30.8This ZIP30.8Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median home value$78,000This ZIP$78,000Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher43.4%This ZIP43.4%
Mean commute49.1 minThis ZIP49.1 min
Population density11.5 / sq miThis ZIP11.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$291,000This ZIP$291,000

Land area

Land area38.60 sq miThis ZIP38.60 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 72617 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Baxter County 97.7%
Stone County 2.3%
Searcy County 0.0%

Other place names in 72617

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

ZIP codes near 72617

ZIPCityDistance
72639 Harriet, AR 6.1 mi
72663 Onia, AR 6.4 mi
72533 Fifty Six, AR 8.4 mi
72658 Norfork, AR 9.7 mi
72680 Timbo, AR 10.1 mi
72519 Calico Rock, AR 14.0 mi
72659 Norfork, AR 14.3 mi
72051 Fox, AR 16.1 mi
72657 Timbo, AR 16.1 mi
72634 Flippin, AR 17.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72617?

72617 is in Big Flat, Arkansas, in Baxter County, part of the Mountain Home, AR micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.0200, -92.3867.

What county is 72617 in?

72617 spans 3 counties: Baxter County, Stone County and Searcy County. Most of it falls in Baxter 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 72617?

Big Flat uses area code 870, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72617 in?

72617 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72617?

About 444 people live in ZIP code 72617, in 100 households, at 11.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 72617?

The closest are 72639 (6.1 mi), 72663 (6.4 mi), 72533 (8.4 mi), 72658 (9.7 mi) and 72680 (10.1 mi).

Is 72617 a PO Box ZIP code?

72617 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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