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50011

ZIP 50011 is in Ames, Iowa, in Story County; area code 515; Central time. Ames has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 50010, 50012, 50013 and 50014.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Story
Metro area
Ames, IA
Coordinates
42.0360, -93.4652

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 50201, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50011 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50011
  • 🔢 Type 50011 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,011 = 13 × 3847. Its digits add up to 7, a total 150 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001101011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50010 (Ames, IA, 6 mi away) and 50012 (Ames, IA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50011 becomes 11005 — and that is a real ZIP code: Floral Park, NY, 1,025 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01105, 01501, 01510, 05101, 10105, 10150, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01510 in Clinton, MA, 1,111 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯307 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50011 and you would come out at 42.04°S, 86.53°E — 933 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees345This ZIP345
Annual payroll$4,378,000This ZIP$4,378,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 50011

ZIPCityDistance
50201 Nevada, IA 1.1 mi
50010 Ames, IA 6.3 mi
50056 Colo, IA 8.7 mi
50012 Ames, IA 9.5 mi
50236 Roland, IA 9.9 mi
50013 Ames, IA 10.0 mi
50154 Mc Callsburg, IA 10.4 mi
50105 Gilbert, IA 10.5 mi
50046 Cambridge, IA 10.6 mi
50278 Zearing, IA 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50011?

50011 is in Ames, Iowa, in Story County, part of the Ames, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0360, -93.4652.

What county is 50011 in?

50011 lies in Story County.

What area code is 50011?

Ames uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50011 in?

50011 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50011?

The closest are 50201 (1.1 mi), 50010 (6.3 mi), 50056 (8.7 mi), 50012 (9.5 mi) and 50236 (9.9 mi).

Is 50011 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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