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50218

ZIP 50218 is Patterson, Iowa, in Madison County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison
Population
346
Coordinates
41.3484, -93.8775
☼ Live from 50218 — Patterson, IA

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Where 50218 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50218
  • 🔢 Type 50218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,218 = 2 × 7 × 17 × 211. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010000101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50217 (Paton, IA, 61 mi away) and 50219 (Pella, IA, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50218 becomes 81205, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02185, 02815, 05821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02185 in Braintree, MA, 1,172 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯268 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50218 and you would come out at 41.35°S, 86.12°E — 947 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 0.448 square miles of land, 50218 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 217 football fields.
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People and housing

Population346This ZIP346
Households135This ZIP135
Housing units143This ZIP143
Median age36.3This ZIP36.3Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$82,969This ZIP$82,969Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$111,100This ZIP$111,100Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher6.9%This ZIP6.9%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density772.3 / sq miThis ZIP772.3 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.45 sq miThis ZIP0.45 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 50218

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

ZIP codes near 50218

ZIPCityDistance
50033 Bevington, IA 4.4 mi
50240 Saint Charles, IA 5.6 mi
50229 Prole, IA 5.7 mi
50160 Martensdale, IA 7.4 mi
50241 Saint Marys, IA 8.0 mi
50273 Winterset, IA 9.0 mi
50261 Van Meter, IA 9.0 mi
50061 Cumming, IA 9.7 mi
50222 Peru, IA 10.1 mi
50257 Truro, IA 11.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50218?

50218 is in Patterson, Iowa, in Madison County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3484, -93.8775.

What county is 50218 in?

50218 lies in Madison County.

What area code is 50218?

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

What time zone is 50218 in?

50218 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50218?

About 346 people live in ZIP code 50218, in 135 households, at 772.3 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 50218?

$82,969 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50218?

The closest are 50033 (4.4 mi), 50240 (5.6 mi), 50229 (5.7 mi), 50160 (7.4 mi) and 50241 (8 mi).

Is 50218 a PO Box ZIP code?

50218 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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