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50072

ZIP 50072 is Earlham, Iowa, mostly in Madison County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison +1 more
Population
2,979
Coordinates
41.4712, -94.1230
☼ Live from 50072 — Earlham, IA

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Where 50072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50072
  • 🔢 Type 50072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 569. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50071 (Dows, IA, 87 mi away) and 50073 (Elkhart, IA, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50072 becomes 27005, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00725, 05072, 05702, 07052, 07205, 07502, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00725 in Caguas, PR, 2,307 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯260 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50072 and you would come out at 41.47°S, 85.88°E — 931 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 89.7 square miles of land, 50072 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 68 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,979This ZIP2,979
Households1,148This ZIP1,148
Housing units1,213This ZIP1,213
Median age44.5This ZIP44.5Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$111,250This ZIP$111,250Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$303,900This ZIP$303,900Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$784This ZIP$784Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.3%This ZIP39.3%
Mean commute26.4 minThis ZIP26.4 min
Population density33.2 / sq miThis ZIP33.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments67This ZIP67
Employees398This ZIP398
Annual payroll$16,813,000This ZIP$16,813,000
Tax returns filed1,230This ZIP1,230
Total adjusted gross income$118,217,000This ZIP$118,217,000

Land area

Land area89.72 sq miThis ZIP89.72 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Counties 50072 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 74.8%
Dallas County 25.2%

Other place names in 50072

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

ZIP codes near 50072

ZIPCityDistance
50069 De Soto, IA 5.9 mi
50070 Dexter, IA 5.9 mi
50261 Van Meter, IA 10.5 mi
50003 Adel, IA 10.5 mi
50273 Winterset, IA 10.7 mi
50233 Redfield, IA 10.8 mi
50250 Stuart, IA 11.6 mi
50038 Booneville, IA 12.0 mi
50218 Patterson, IA 15.3 mi
50263 Waukee, IA 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50072?

50072 is in Earlham, Iowa, in Madison County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4712, -94.1230.

What county is 50072 in?

50072 spans 2 counties: Madison 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 50072?

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

What time zone is 50072 in?

50072 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50072?

About 2,979 people live in ZIP code 50072, in 1,148 households, at 33.2 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 50072?

$111,250 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50072?

The closest are 50069 (5.9 mi), 50070 (5.9 mi), 50261 (10.5 mi), 50003 (10.5 mi) and 50273 (10.7 mi).

Is 50072 a PO Box ZIP code?

50072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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