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50319

ZIP 50319 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County; area code 515; Central time. Des Moines has 57 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Polk
Population
0
Coordinates
41.5911, -93.6030
☼ Live from 50319 — Des Moines, IA

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Where 50319 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50319
  • 🔢 Type 50319 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GIEOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,319 = 3 × 3 × 5591. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010010001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50318 (Des Moines, IA, 6 mi away) and 50320 (Des Moines, IA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50319 becomes 91305 — and that is a real ZIP code: Canoga Park, CA, 1,449 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09351, 10953, 13905, 15930, 19035, 19053, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09351 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,618 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯288 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50319 and you would come out at 41.59°S, 86.40°E — 947 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
  • 📏 At 0.182 square miles of land, 50319 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 88 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees127This ZIP127
Annual payroll$17,629,000This ZIP$17,629,000

Land area

Land area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 50319

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

ZIP codes near 50319

ZIPCityDistance
50307 Des Moines, IA 0.7 mi
50982 Des Moines, IA 0.7 mi
50983 Des Moines, IA 0.7 mi
50309 Des Moines, IA 1.1 mi
50316 Des Moines, IA 1.2 mi
50392 Des Moines, IA 1.3 mi
50314 Des Moines, IA 1.7 mi
50315 Des Moines, IA 3.3 mi
50317 Des Moines, IA 3.3 mi
50311 Des Moines, IA 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50319?

50319 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5911, -93.6030.

What county is 50319 in?

50319 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 50319?

Des Moines uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50319 in?

50319 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50319?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 50319. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 50319?

The closest are 50307 (0.7 mi), 50982 (0.7 mi), 50983 (0.7 mi), 50309 (1.1 mi) and 50316 (1.2 mi).

Is 50319 a PO Box ZIP code?

50319 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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