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50164

ZIP 50164 is Menlo, Iowa, mostly in Guthrie County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Guthrie +1 more
Population
682
Coordinates
41.4999, -94.4333
☼ Live from 50164 — Menlo, IA

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Where 50164 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50164
  • 🔢 Type 50164 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hgIOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,164 = 2 × 2 × 12541. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001111110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50163 (Melcher Dallas, IA, 65 mi away) and 50165 (Millerton, IA, 74 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50164 becomes 46105 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bainbridge, IN, 417 miles away.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01546, 01564, 05146, 05461, 05641, 06145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01564 in Sterling, MA, 1,162 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯246 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50164 and you would come out at 41.50°S, 85.57°E — 918 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 49.4 square miles of land, 50164 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population682This ZIP682
Households279This ZIP279
Housing units361This ZIP361
Median age49.6This ZIP49.6Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$80,188This ZIP$80,188Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$151,000This ZIP$151,000Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.3%This ZIP15.3%
Mean commute32.5 minThis ZIP32.5 min
Population density13.8 / sq miThis ZIP13.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees162This ZIP162
Annual payroll$8,630,000This ZIP$8,630,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$20,079,000This ZIP$20,079,000

Land area

Land area49.40 sq miThis ZIP49.40 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Counties 50164 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Guthrie County 52.4%
Adair County 47.6%

Other place names in 50164

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

ZIP codes near 50164

ZIPCityDistance
50048 Casey, IA 4.6 mi
50250 Stuart, IA 4.6 mi
50070 Dexter, IA 11.0 mi
50002 Adair, IA 11.2 mi
50233 Redfield, IA 13.9 mi
50216 Panora, IA 14.2 mi
50849 Greenfield, IA 14.3 mi
50115 Guthrie Center, IA 14.3 mi
50846 Fontanelle, IA 15.1 mi
50146 Linden, IA 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50164?

50164 is in Menlo, Iowa, in Guthrie County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4999, -94.4333.

What county is 50164 in?

50164 spans 2 counties: Guthrie County and Adair County. Most of it falls in Guthrie 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 50164?

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

What time zone is 50164 in?

50164 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50164?

About 682 people live in ZIP code 50164, in 279 households, at 13.8 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 50164?

$80,188 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50164?

The closest are 50048 (4.6 mi), 50250 (4.6 mi), 50070 (11 mi), 50002 (11.2 mi) and 50233 (13.9 mi).

Is 50164 a PO Box ZIP code?

50164 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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