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50428

ZIP 50428 is Clear Lake, Iowa, in Cerro Gordo County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cerro Gordo
Metro area
Mason City, IA
Population
9,071
Coordinates
43.1400, -93.3909
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Where 50428 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50428
  • 🔢 Type 50428 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZhOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,428 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 1801. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50427 (Chapin, IA, 23 mi away) and 50430 (Corwith, IA, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50428 becomes 82405, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02458, 02584, 04258, 04285, 04852, 05482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85042 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,213 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 64%.
  • 🎯353 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50428 and you would come out at 43.14°S, 86.61°E — 890 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 117.3 square miles of land, 50428 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 89 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,071This ZIP9,071
Households4,186This ZIP4,186
Housing units5,576This ZIP5,576
Median age50.5This ZIP50.5Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$81,037This ZIP$81,037Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$283,400This ZIP$283,400Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$817This ZIP$817Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.5%This ZIP32.5%
Mean commute19.1 minThis ZIP19.1 min
Population density77.3 / sq miThis ZIP77.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments329This ZIP329
Employees3,947This ZIP3,947
Annual payroll$196,502,000This ZIP$196,502,000
Tax returns filed4,420This ZIP4,420
Total adjusted gross income$471,116,000This ZIP$471,116,000

Land area

Land area117.27 sq miThis ZIP117.27 sq mi
Water area4.43 sq miThis ZIP4.43 sq mi

Other place names in 50428

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

ZIP codes near 50428

ZIPCityDistance
50482 Ventura, IA 4.8 mi
50434 Fertile, IA 8.6 mi
50402 Mason City, IA 9.6 mi
50401 Mason City, IA 9.7 mi
50444 Hanlontown, IA 10.9 mi
50477 Swaledale, IA 11.0 mi
50438 Garner, IA 11.6 mi
50449 Klemme, IA 12.3 mi
50456 Manly, IA 13.7 mi
50446 Joice, IA 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50428?

50428 is in Clear Lake, Iowa, in Cerro Gordo County, part of the Mason City, IA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1400, -93.3909.

What county is 50428 in?

50428 lies in Cerro Gordo County.

What area code is 50428?

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

What time zone is 50428 in?

50428 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50428?

About 9,071 people live in ZIP code 50428, in 4,186 households, at 77.3 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 50428?

$81,037 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50428?

The closest are 50482 (4.8 mi), 50434 (8.6 mi), 50402 (9.6 mi), 50401 (9.7 mi) and 50444 (10.9 mi).

Is 50428 a PO Box ZIP code?

50428 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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