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50436

ZIP 50436 is Forest City, Iowa, mostly in Winnebago County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Winnebago +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
5,771
Coordinates
43.2592, -93.6858
☼ Live from 50436 — Forest City, IA

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Where 50436 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50436
  • 🔢 Type 50436 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEhOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,436 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 467. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010100000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50435 (Floyd, IA, 47 mi away) and 50438 (Garner, IA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50436 becomes 63405, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03456, 03465, 04563, 04635, 04653, 05346, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04653 in Bass Harbor, ME, 1,263 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯347 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50436 and you would come out at 43.26°S, 86.31°E — 873 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
  • 📏 At 135.3 square miles of land, 50436 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 103 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,771This ZIP5,771
Households2,335This ZIP2,335
Housing units2,516This ZIP2,516
Median age36.9This ZIP36.9Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$74,940This ZIP$74,940Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$167,900This ZIP$167,900Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$739This ZIP$739Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.7%This ZIP27.7%
Mean commute12.5 minThis ZIP12.5 min
Population density42.7 / sq miThis ZIP42.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments140This ZIP140
Employees4,531This ZIP4,531
Annual payroll$253,075,000This ZIP$253,075,000
Tax returns filed2,540This ZIP2,540
Total adjusted gross income$192,391,000This ZIP$192,391,000

Land area

Land area135.28 sq miThis ZIP135.28 sq mi
Water area0.58 sq miThis ZIP0.58 sq mi

Counties 50436 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Winnebago County 57.9%
Hancock County 42.1%

Other place names in 50436

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

ZIP codes near 50436

ZIPCityDistance
50432 Crystal Lake, IA 6.1 mi
50453 Leland, IA 7.5 mi
50438 Garner, IA 10.7 mi
50484 Woden, IA 11.2 mi
50478 Thompson, IA 11.4 mi
50423 Britt, IA 11.7 mi
50434 Fertile, IA 11.9 mi
50446 Joice, IA 12.9 mi
50482 Ventura, IA 13.7 mi
50450 Lake Mills, IA 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50436?

50436 is in Forest City, Iowa, in Winnebago County. Its published point location is 43.2592, -93.6858.

What county is 50436 in?

50436 spans 2 counties: Winnebago County and Hancock County. Most of it falls in Winnebago 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 50436?

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

What time zone is 50436 in?

50436 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50436?

About 5,771 people live in ZIP code 50436, in 2,335 households, at 42.7 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 50436?

$74,940 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50436?

The closest are 50432 (6.1 mi), 50453 (7.5 mi), 50438 (10.7 mi), 50484 (11.2 mi) and 50478 (11.4 mi).

Is 50436 a PO Box ZIP code?

50436 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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