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50168

ZIP 50168 is Mingo, Iowa, mostly in Jasper County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jasper +1 more
Population
826
Coordinates
41.7884, -93.2785
☼ Live from 50168 — Mingo, IA

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Where 50168 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50168
  • 🔢 Type 50168 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgIOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,168 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 6271. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100001111111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50167 (Minburn, IA, 40 mi away) and 50169 (Mitchellville, IA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50168 becomes 86105, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01568, 01586, 01865, 05681, 05861, 06518, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85601 in Arivaca, AZ, 1,220 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯308 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50168 and you would come out at 41.79°S, 86.72°E — 951 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
  • 📏 At 38.4 square miles of land, 50168 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population826This ZIP826
Households346This ZIP346
Housing units447This ZIP447
Median age46.9This ZIP46.9Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$113,750This ZIP$113,750Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$300,000This ZIP$300,000Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$746This ZIP$746Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute30.8 minThis ZIP30.8 min
Population density21.5 / sq miThis ZIP21.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$6,850,000This ZIP$6,850,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$37,531,000This ZIP$37,531,000

Land area

Land area38.41 sq miThis ZIP38.41 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 50168 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Jasper County 95.8%
Polk County 4.3%

Other place names in 50168

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

ZIP codes near 50168

ZIPCityDistance
50127 Ira, IA 3.5 mi
50028 Baxter, IA 6.5 mi
50055 Collins, IA 6.7 mi
50161 Maxwell, IA 7.1 mi
50054 Colfax, IA 7.3 mi
50234 Rhodes, IA 8.5 mi
50169 Mitchellville, IA 10.0 mi
50035 Bondurant, IA 10.3 mi
50073 Elkhart, IA 12.6 mi
50208 Newton, IA 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50168?

50168 is in Mingo, Iowa, in Jasper County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.7884, -93.2785.

What county is 50168 in?

50168 spans 2 counties: Jasper County and Polk County. Most of it falls in Jasper 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 50168?

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

What time zone is 50168 in?

50168 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50168?

About 826 people live in ZIP code 50168, in 346 households, at 21.5 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 50168?

$113,750 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50168?

The closest are 50127 (3.5 mi), 50028 (6.5 mi), 50055 (6.7 mi), 50161 (7.1 mi) and 50054 (7.3 mi).

Is 50168 a PO Box ZIP code?

50168 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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