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50070

ZIP 50070 is Dexter, Iowa, mostly in Madison County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison +3 more
Population
1,221
Coordinates
41.4455, -94.2326
☼ Live from 50070 — Dexter, IA

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Where 50070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50070
  • 🔢 Type 50070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,070 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 1669. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50069 (De Soto, IA, 12 mi away) and 50071 (Dows, IA, 91 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50070 becomes 07005 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boonton, NJ, 1,029 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00705, 05070, 07005, 07050, 50007, 70005, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00705 in Aibonito, PR, 2,306 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯254 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50070 and you would come out at 41.45°S, 85.77°E — 928 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 65.0 square miles of land, 50070 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 49 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,221This ZIP1,221
Households521This ZIP521
Housing units628This ZIP628
Median age46.0This ZIP46.0Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$92,083This ZIP$92,083Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$213,300This ZIP$213,300Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$855This ZIP$855Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.7%This ZIP26.7%
Mean commute35.6 minThis ZIP35.6 min
Population density18.8 / sq miThis ZIP18.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees172This ZIP172
Annual payroll$9,588,000This ZIP$9,588,000
Tax returns filed700This ZIP700
Total adjusted gross income$57,962,000This ZIP$57,962,000

Land area

Land area65.03 sq miThis ZIP65.03 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 50070 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 40.0%
Adair County 28.3%
Guthrie County 15.9%
Dallas County 15.9%

Other place names in 50070

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ZIP codes near 50070

ZIPCityDistance
50072 Earlham, IA 5.9 mi
50250 Stuart, IA 6.4 mi
50164 Menlo, IA 11.0 mi
50233 Redfield, IA 11.6 mi
50069 De Soto, IA 11.7 mi
50273 Winterset, IA 12.6 mi
50849 Greenfield, IA 13.7 mi
50003 Adel, IA 15.1 mi
50048 Casey, IA 15.6 mi
50146 Linden, IA 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50070?

50070 is in Dexter, Iowa, in Madison County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4455, -94.2326.

What county is 50070 in?

50070 spans 4 counties: Madison County, Adair County, Guthrie County and Dallas County. Most of it falls in Madison 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 50070?

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

What time zone is 50070 in?

50070 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50070?

About 1,221 people live in ZIP code 50070, in 521 households, at 18.8 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 50070?

$92,083 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50070?

The closest are 50072 (5.9 mi), 50250 (6.4 mi), 50164 (11 mi), 50233 (11.6 mi) and 50069 (11.7 mi).

Is 50070 a PO Box ZIP code?

50070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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