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50149

ZIP 50149 is Lorimor, Iowa, mostly in Madison County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison +1 more
Population
883
Coordinates
41.1497, -94.0953
☼ Live from 50149 — Lorimor, IA

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Where 50149 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50149
  • 🔢 Type 50149 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhIOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,149 = 11 × 47 × 97. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001111100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50148 (Liscomb, IA, 91 mi away) and 50150 (Lovilia, IA, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50149 becomes 94105 — and that is a real ZIP code: San Francisco, CA, 1,520 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01945, 04915, 04951, 05149, 05491, 09154, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09154 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,671 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯253 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50149 and you would come out at 41.15°S, 85.90°E — 947 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 81.9 square miles of land, 50149 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population883This ZIP883
Households306This ZIP306
Housing units370This ZIP370
Median age31.9This ZIP31.9Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$59,167This ZIP$59,167Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$136,200This ZIP$136,200Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$836This ZIP$836Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.0%This ZIP22.0%
Mean commute35.4 minThis ZIP35.4 min
Population density10.8 / sq miThis ZIP10.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees41This ZIP41
Annual payroll$1,750,000This ZIP$1,750,000
Tax returns filed400This ZIP400
Total adjusted gross income$24,470,000This ZIP$24,470,000

Land area

Land area81.91 sq miThis ZIP81.91 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 50149 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 51.1%
Union County 48.9%

Other place names in 50149

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ZIP codes near 50149

ZIPCityDistance
50155 Macksburg, IA 6.9 mi
50222 Peru, IA 8.4 mi
50174 Murray, IA 9.9 mi
50830 Afton, IA 10.1 mi
50254 Thayer, IA 11.1 mi
50257 Truro, IA 12.3 mi
50273 Winterset, IA 12.4 mi
50831 Arispe, IA 15.2 mi
50801 Creston, IA 16.7 mi
50858 Orient, IA 16.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50149?

50149 is in Lorimor, Iowa, in Madison County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1497, -94.0953.

What county is 50149 in?

50149 spans 2 counties: Madison County and Union 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 50149?

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

What time zone is 50149 in?

50149 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50149?

About 883 people live in ZIP code 50149, in 306 households, at 10.8 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 50149?

$59,167 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50149?

The closest are 50155 (6.9 mi), 50222 (8.4 mi), 50174 (9.9 mi), 50830 (10.1 mi) and 50254 (11.1 mi).

Is 50149 a PO Box ZIP code?

50149 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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