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83647

ZIP 83647 is Mountain Home, Idaho, mostly in Elmore County; area codes 208 and 986; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Boise
County
Elmore +1 more
Metro area
Mountain Home, ID
Population
22,952
Coordinates
43.4007, -115.5229
☼ Live from 83647 — Mountain Home, ID

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Where 83647 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 83647
  • 🔢 Type 83647 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhgEB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 83,647 = 233 × 359. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10100011010111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 83646 (Meridian, ID, 49 mi away) and 83648 (Mountain Home Afb, ID, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 83647 becomes 74638, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34786, 36748, 36784, 36874, 37684, 37846, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34786 in Windermere, FL, 2,142 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 89%.
  • 🎯908 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 83647 and you would come out at 43.40°S, 64.48°E — 493 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 57m.
  • 📏 At 1,504.5 square miles of land, 83647 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 1,142 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,952This ZIP22,952
Households8,920This ZIP8,920
Housing units9,740This ZIP9,740
Median age34.9This ZIP34.9Idaho37.3US 38.9
Median household income$63,760This ZIP$63,760Idaho$77,800US $80,734
Median home value$320,400This ZIP$320,400Idaho$418,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,146This ZIP$1,146Idaho$1,238US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%This ZIP22.1%
Mean commute24.1 minThis ZIP24.1 min
Population density15.3 / sq miThis ZIP15.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments399This ZIP399
Employees4,406This ZIP4,406
Annual payroll$179,013,000This ZIP$179,013,000
Tax returns filed10,190This ZIP10,190
Total adjusted gross income$627,712,000This ZIP$627,712,000

Land area

Land area1,504.53 sq miThis ZIP1,504.53 sq mi
Water area16.86 sq miThis ZIP16.86 sq mi

Counties 83647 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Elmore County 97.7%
Owyhee County 2.3%

Other place names in 83647

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ZIP codes near 83647

ZIPCityDistance
83337 Hill City, ID 22.3 mi
83623 Glenns Ferry, ID 25.6 mi
83322 Corral, ID 28.5 mi
83633 King Hill, ID 29.5 mi
83648 Mountain Home Afb, ID 29.8 mi
83712 Boise, ID 32.3 mi
83627 Hammett, ID 33.7 mi
83601 Atlanta, ID 33.7 mi
83631 Idaho City, ID 35.8 mi
83702 Boise, ID 36.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 83647?

83647 is in Mountain Home, Idaho, in Elmore County, part of the Mountain Home, ID micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.4007, -115.5229.

What county is 83647 in?

83647 spans 2 counties: Elmore County and Owyhee County. Most of it falls in Elmore 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 83647?

Mountain Home uses area codes 208 and 986, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 83647 in?

83647 uses America/Boise.

How many people live in 83647?

About 22,952 people live in ZIP code 83647, in 8,920 households, at 15.3 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 83647?

$63,760 a year, against $77,800 across Idaho.

What ZIP codes are near 83647?

The closest are 83337 (22.3 mi), 83623 (25.6 mi), 83322 (28.5 mi), 83633 (29.5 mi) and 83648 (29.8 mi).

Is 83647 a PO Box ZIP code?

83647 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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