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50038

ZIP 50038 is Booneville, Iowa, in Dallas County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dallas
Population
235
Coordinates
41.5248, -93.9031
☼ Live from 50038 — Booneville, IA

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Where 50038 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50038
  • 🔢 Type 50038 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,038 = 2 × 127 × 197. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001101110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50037 (Boone, IA, 37 mi away) and 50039 (Bouton, IA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50038 becomes 83005, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03580, 03850, 05038, 05083, 05830, 08035, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03850 in Melvin Village, NH, 1,155 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯272 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50038 and you would come out at 41.52°S, 86.10°E — 938 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 3.9 square miles of land, 50038 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population235This ZIP235
Households75This ZIP75
Housing units107This ZIP107
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$82,188This ZIP$82,188Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher17.6%This ZIP17.6%
Population density60.8 / sq miThis ZIP60.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees133This ZIP133
Annual payroll$5,857,000This ZIP$5,857,000

Land area

Land area3.87 sq miThis ZIP3.87 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

Other place names in 50038

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

ZIP codes near 50038

ZIPCityDistance
50261 Van Meter, IA 3.6 mi
50266 West Des Moines, IA 5.3 mi
50263 Waukee, IA 5.6 mi
50061 Cumming, IA 6.4 mi
50069 De Soto, IA 6.6 mi
50265 West Des Moines, IA 8.0 mi
50325 Clive, IA 8.2 mi
50323 Urbandale, IA 8.8 mi
50003 Adel, IA 9.4 mi
50324 Windsor Heights, IA 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50038?

50038 is in Booneville, Iowa, in Dallas County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5248, -93.9031.

What county is 50038 in?

50038 lies in Dallas County.

What area code is 50038?

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

What time zone is 50038 in?

50038 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50038?

About 235 people live in ZIP code 50038, in 75 households, at 60.8 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 50038?

$82,188 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50038?

The closest are 50261 (3.6 mi), 50266 (5.3 mi), 50263 (5.6 mi), 50061 (6.4 mi) and 50069 (6.6 mi).

Is 50038 a PO Box ZIP code?

50038 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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