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50142

ZIP 50142 is Le Grand, Iowa, in Marshall County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Marshall
Metro area
Marshalltown, IA
Population
720
Coordinates
42.0056, -92.7758
☼ Live from 50142 — Le Grand, IA

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Where 50142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50142
  • 🔢 Type 50142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhIOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,142 = 2 × 3 × 61 × 137. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001111011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50141 (Laurel, IA, 13 mi away) and 50143 (Leighton, IA, 46 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50142 becomes 24105 — and that is a real ZIP code: Indian Valley, VA, 738 miles away.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01245, 01254, 01452, 01524, 01542, 02145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02541 in Falmouth, MA, 1,139 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯338 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50142 and you would come out at 42.01°S, 87.22°E — 962 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 07m.
  • 📏 At 0.692 square miles of land, 50142 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 335 football fields.
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People and housing

Population720This ZIP720
Households338This ZIP338
Housing units384This ZIP384
Median age47.5This ZIP47.5Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$76,250This ZIP$76,250Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$145,700This ZIP$145,700Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$533This ZIP$533Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.4%This ZIP23.4%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density1,040.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,040.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees34This ZIP34
Annual payroll$851,000This ZIP$851,000

Land area

Land area0.69 sq miThis ZIP0.69 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 50142

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ZIP codes near 50142

ZIPCityDistance
50173 Montour, IA 4.3 mi
50632 Garwin, IA 6.3 mi
50078 Ferguson, IA 6.4 mi
50158 Marshalltown, IA 7.1 mi
50106 Gilman, IA 8.7 mi
52339 Tama, IA 11.1 mi
52342 Toledo, IA 11.5 mi
50120 Haverhill, IA 11.7 mi
50141 Laurel, IA 13.1 mi
50635 Gladbrook, IA 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50142?

50142 is in Le Grand, Iowa, in Marshall County, part of the Marshalltown, IA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.0056, -92.7758.

What county is 50142 in?

50142 lies in Marshall County.

What area code is 50142?

Le Grand uses area code 641, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50142 in?

50142 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50142?

About 720 people live in ZIP code 50142, in 338 households, at 1,040.5 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 50142?

$76,250 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50142?

The closest are 50173 (4.3 mi), 50632 (6.3 mi), 50078 (6.4 mi), 50158 (7.1 mi) and 50106 (8.7 mi).

Is 50142 a PO Box ZIP code?

50142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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