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50392

ZIP 50392 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
41.5878, -93.6274

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 50309, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 50392 is

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 50392
  • 🔢 Type 50392 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZGEOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,392 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 6299. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010011011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50391 (Des Moines, IA, 7 mi away) and 50393 (Des Moines, IA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50392 becomes 29305 — and that is a real ZIP code: Spartanburg, SC, 782 miles away.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02359, 02539, 03259, 03592, 09235, 09352, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09352 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,660 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯286 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50392 and you would come out at 41.59°S, 86.37°E — 946 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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Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees15,700This ZIP15,700
Annual payroll$1,742,362,000This ZIP$1,742,362,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 50392

ZIPCityDistance
50309 Des Moines, IA 0.4 mi
50314 Des Moines, IA 1.2 mi
50319 Des Moines, IA 1.3 mi
50307 Des Moines, IA 1.3 mi
50982 Des Moines, IA 1.3 mi
50983 Des Moines, IA 1.3 mi
50316 Des Moines, IA 2.0 mi
50311 Des Moines, IA 2.5 mi
50312 Des Moines, IA 2.9 mi
50315 Des Moines, IA 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50392?

50392 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5878, -93.6274.

What county is 50392 in?

50392 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 50392?

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

What time zone is 50392 in?

50392 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50392?

The closest are 50309 (0.4 mi), 50314 (1.2 mi), 50319 (1.3 mi), 50307 (1.3 mi) and 50982 (1.3 mi).

Is 50392 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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