47870 ZIP Code
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ZIP code 47870 covers Prairieton, Indiana, with a population of about 0.
- Population
- 0
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Where 47870 is
Prairieton, Indiana — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.
People and households
American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates
| Population | 0 |
|---|
Natural hazard risk
FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.
| Overall risk | Higher than 86% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Relatively High |
| Expected annual loss | 82.1 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 83.8 out of 100 |
By hazard
Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.
| Strong wind | 97.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Winter weather | 96.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hail | 90.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 90.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Drought | 89.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| River flooding | 87.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 87Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 86.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Heat wave | 82.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 80Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Landslide | 74.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 71.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Wildfire | 63.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hurricane | 43.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
Compared with Indiana and the United States
State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates
| This ZIP | Indiana | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $70,051 | $78,538 |
| Income per person | — | $37,178 | $43,289 |
| Poverty rate | — | 12.2% | 12.4% |
| Median home value | — | $201,600 | $303,400 |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,020 | $1,348 |
| Homeownership | — | 70.4% | 65% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | — | 28.8% | 35% |
| Unemployment rate | — | 4.3% | 5.2% |
| Works from home | — | 9.6% | 13.5% |
| Born outside the US | — | 5.9% | 13.9% |
| Median age | — | 38 | 38.7 |
Climate
NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.
| Weather station | TERRE HAUTE INDIANA STATE, IN US12.5 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 45 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 39.9°F / 19.2°F2.48 in rain |
|---|---|
| February | 45°F / 22.8°F2.52 in rain |
| March | 55.7°F / 32.7°F3.41 in rain |
| April | 68.8°F / 43.6°F4.92 in rain |
| May | 78.2°F / 54.5°F4.75 in rain |
| June | 87°F / 62.9°F5.09 in rain |
| July | 90.4°F / 66.4°F4.27 in rain |
| August | 89.3°F / 64.4°F3.31 in rain |
| September | 83.5°F / 55.7°F3.29 in rain |
| October | 70.5°F / 43.2°F3.72 in rain |
| November | 56.4°F / 33°F3.74 in rain |
| December | 44.6°F / 24.8°F3.17 in rain |
Access to food
USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.
| Low income and far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
| No vehicle and far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
School districts
NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.
| Vigo County School Corporation | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|
Community and walkability
CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.
| Overall social vulnerability | 59more vulnerable than 59% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | 50more vulnerable than 50% of US census tracts |
| Household characteristics | 30more vulnerable than 30% of US census tracts |
| Racial and ethnic minority status | 47more vulnerable than 47% of US census tracts |
| Housing type and transport | 84more vulnerable than 84% of US census tracts |
| Walkability | 6.3 out of 20Below average |
Nearby ZIP codes
The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.
| 47802 Terre Haute, IN | 7.5 km away |
|---|---|
| 47808 Terre Haute, IN | 9 km away |
| 47869 Prairie Creek, IN | 10.9 km away |
| 47850 Farmersburg, IN | 11.6 km away |
| 47801 Terre Haute, IN | 11.9 km away |
| 47809 Terre Haute, IN | 12.4 km away |
| 47807 Terre Haute, IN | 12.8 km away |
| 62423 Dennison, IL | 12.9 km away |
Location, counties and time zone
County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.
| Vigo County | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Latitude, longitude | 39.3712, -87.4759 |
Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.