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50228

ZIP 50228 is Prairie City, Iowa, mostly in Jasper County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jasper +2 more
Population
2,120
Coordinates
41.5689, -93.2453
☼ Live from 50228 — Prairie City, IA

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Where 50228 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50228
  • 🔢 Type 50228 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZZOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,228 = 2 × 2 × 29 × 433. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010000110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50227 (Popejoy, IA, 71 mi away) and 50229 (Prole, IA, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50228 becomes 82205, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02825, 02852, 05822, 08225, 08252, 20528, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85202 in Mesa, AZ, 1,164 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯304 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50228 and you would come out at 41.57°S, 86.75°E — 962 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 69.3 square miles of land, 50228 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,120This ZIP2,120
Households832This ZIP832
Housing units878This ZIP878
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$90,833This ZIP$90,833Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$211,400This ZIP$211,400Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$800This ZIP$800Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.9%This ZIP30.9%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density30.6 / sq miThis ZIP30.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees357This ZIP357
Annual payroll$19,517,000This ZIP$19,517,000
Tax returns filed1,130This ZIP1,130
Total adjusted gross income$98,834,000This ZIP$98,834,000

Land area

Land area69.35 sq miThis ZIP69.35 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Counties 50228 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Jasper County 89.5%
Marion County 9.6%
Polk County 0.9%

Other place names in 50228

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

ZIP codes near 50228

ZIPCityDistance
50237 Runnells, IA 6.7 mi
50170 Monroe, IA 7.2 mi
50169 Mitchellville, IA 8.1 mi
50054 Colfax, IA 8.3 mi
50252 Swan, IA 8.7 mi
50118 Hartford, IA 10.2 mi
50214 Otley, IA 12.0 mi
50009 Altoona, IA 12.2 mi
50327 Pleasant Hill, IA 12.6 mi
50225 Pleasantville, IA 13.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50228?

50228 is in Prairie City, Iowa, in Jasper County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5689, -93.2453.

What county is 50228 in?

50228 spans 3 counties: Jasper County, Marion 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 50228?

Prairie City uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50228 in?

50228 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50228?

About 2,120 people live in ZIP code 50228, in 832 households, at 30.6 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 50228?

$90,833 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50228?

The closest are 50237 (6.7 mi), 50170 (7.2 mi), 50169 (8.1 mi), 50054 (8.3 mi) and 50252 (8.7 mi).

Is 50228 a PO Box ZIP code?

50228 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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