| City: | Springfield, Illinois |
| Names to Avoid: | Hope School |
| County: | Sangamon County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:21:05 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 217 / 447 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 39.8018, -89.6436 |
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Hope School (now known as Hope), a nonprofit organization serving individuals with developmental disabilities, operates under dedicated ZIP code 62716 in Sangamon County, Illinois. Founded in 1957 by Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Jordan in a modest Springfield house, Hope was created after the Jordans searched the world for a place to educate their daughter Judith Ann who had multiple disabilities and could find no school in the United States to serve her. What began as one school has expanded to become an educational innovator providing specialized therapeutic education, residential services, and health services to children ages 5-21.
The 0.11-square-mile campus sits on 25 wooded acres on the shore of Lake Springfield, near the Springfield Lake Shore Improvement neighborhood. Hope operates residential programs both on campus and in 10 group homes throughout the Springfield area. Programs include Hope Learning Academies, The Autism Clinic at Hope, and vocational training. Postal records show delivery points on both Hazel Lane and Hope School Road. This dedicated postal designation has served the school for over two decades. Springfield is the valid mailing city for this institutional ZIP code.
| Residential: | 0 |
| Business: | 1 |
Buildings registered in the USPS ZIP+4 database with designated codes for direct mail delivery.
ZIP Code 62716 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes. USPS data shows 0 residential mailboxes and 1 business mailboxes, reflecting local delivery coverage.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 1Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 62716 is located in Sangamon County, Illinois, within the Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 44100) and Illinois's 13rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 210,170 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 62716. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Springfield, ILSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 44100Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 210,170Source: Census |
| MSA: | Springfield, IL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 13Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 5793.65 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1772000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Springfield city; IllinoisSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 62716 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.