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50277

ZIP 50277 is Yale, Iowa, mostly in Guthrie County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Guthrie +1 more
Population
582
Coordinates
41.7797, -94.3410
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Where 50277 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50277
  • 🔢 Type 50277 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLZOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,277 = 3 × 16759. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010001100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50276 (Woodward, IA, 22 mi away) and 50278 (Zearing, IA, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50277 becomes 77205 — and that is a real ZIP code: Houston, TX, 828 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05772, 07752, 20577, 20757, 20775, 25707, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05772 in Stockbridge, VT, 1,101 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯259 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50277 and you would come out at 41.78°S, 85.66°E — 909 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 39.1 square miles of land, 50277 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population582This ZIP582
Households220This ZIP220
Housing units227This ZIP227
Median age36.2This ZIP36.2Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$90,625This ZIP$90,625Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$89,400This ZIP$89,400Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$775This ZIP$775Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.3%This ZIP16.3%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density14.9 / sq miThis ZIP14.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees54This ZIP54
Annual payroll$3,042,000This ZIP$3,042,000
Tax returns filed220This ZIP220
Total adjusted gross income$16,860,000This ZIP$16,860,000

Land area

Land area39.10 sq miThis ZIP39.10 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 50277 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Guthrie County 83.0%
Dallas County 17.0%

Other place names in 50277

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

ZIP codes near 50277

ZIPCityDistance
50128 Jamaica, IA 5.7 mi
50066 Dawson, IA 5.7 mi
50216 Panora, IA 5.7 mi
50026 Bagley, IA 7.8 mi
50146 Linden, IA 8.3 mi
50029 Bayard, IA 11.6 mi
50220 Perry, IA 12.0 mi
50235 Rippey, IA 12.1 mi
50115 Guthrie Center, IA 13.2 mi
50233 Redfield, IA 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50277?

50277 is in Yale, Iowa, in Guthrie County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.7797, -94.3410.

What county is 50277 in?

50277 spans 2 counties: Guthrie County and Dallas 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 50277?

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

What time zone is 50277 in?

50277 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50277?

About 582 people live in ZIP code 50277, in 220 households, at 14.9 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 50277?

$90,625 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50277?

The closest are 50128 (5.7 mi), 50066 (5.7 mi), 50216 (5.7 mi), 50026 (7.8 mi) and 50146 (8.3 mi).

Is 50277 a PO Box ZIP code?

50277 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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