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50381

ZIP 50381 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County; area code 515; Central time. Des Moines has 57 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Polk
Coordinates
41.6727, -93.5722

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 50021, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50381
  • 🔢 Type 50381 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBEOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,381 = 83 × 607. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50380 (Des Moines, IA, 0 mi away) and 50391 (Des Moines, IA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50381 becomes 18305, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01538, 01583, 01835, 01853, 03581, 03815, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83501 in Lewiston, ID, 1,199 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯291 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50381 and you would come out at 41.67°S, 86.43°E — 944 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.
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ZIP codes near 50381

ZIPCityDistance
50301 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50302 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50303 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50304 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50305 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50306 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50308 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50318 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50328 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi
50329 Des Moines, IA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50381?

50381 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6727, -93.5722.

What county is 50381 in?

50381 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 50381?

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

What time zone is 50381 in?

50381 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50381?

The closest are 50301 (0 mi), 50302 (0 mi), 50303 (0 mi), 50304 (0 mi) and 50305 (0 mi).

Is 50381 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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