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50501

ZIP 50501 is Fort Dodge, Iowa, in Webster County; area code 515; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Webster
Metro area
Fort Dodge, IA
Population
28,823
Coordinates
42.4916, -94.1871
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Where 50501 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50501
  • 🔢 Type 50501 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOSOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,501 = 11 × 4591. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010101000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50484 (Woden, IA, 54 mi away) and 50510 (Albert City, IA, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50501 becomes 10505 — and that is a real ZIP code: Baldwin Place, NY, 1,051 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01505, 01550, 05051, 05150, 05501, 10055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05501 in Andover, MA, 1,167 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯293 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50501 and you would come out at 42.49°S, 85.81°E — 884 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 152.2 square miles of land, 50501 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 116 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,823This ZIP28,823
Households11,899This ZIP11,899
Housing units13,268This ZIP13,268
Median age38.8This ZIP38.8Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$66,888This ZIP$66,888Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$153,500This ZIP$153,500Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$796This ZIP$796Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%This ZIP22.1%
Mean commute18.9 minThis ZIP18.9 min
Population density189.4 / sq miThis ZIP189.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments828This ZIP828
Employees15,301This ZIP15,301
Annual payroll$745,138,000This ZIP$745,138,000
Tax returns filed11,960This ZIP11,960
Total adjusted gross income$816,887,000This ZIP$816,887,000

Land area

Land area152.16 sq miThis ZIP152.16 sq mi
Water area1.22 sq miThis ZIP1.22 sq mi

Other place names in 50501

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

ZIP codes near 50501

ZIPCityDistance
50569 Otho, IA 6.7 mi
50566 Moorland, IA 7.9 mi
50516 Badger, IA 9.5 mi
50532 Duncombe, IA 9.7 mi
50594 Vincent, IA 9.9 mi
50518 Barnum, IA 10.0 mi
50523 Callender, IA 10.1 mi
50521 Burnside, IA 10.9 mi
50524 Clare, IA 11.2 mi
50557 Lehigh, IA 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50501?

50501 is in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in Webster County, part of the Fort Dodge, IA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4916, -94.1871.

What county is 50501 in?

50501 lies in Webster County.

What area code is 50501?

Fort Dodge uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50501 in?

50501 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50501?

About 28,823 people live in ZIP code 50501, in 11,899 households, at 189.4 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 50501?

$66,888 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50501?

The closest are 50569 (6.7 mi), 50566 (7.9 mi), 50516 (9.5 mi), 50532 (9.7 mi) and 50594 (9.9 mi).

Is 50501 a PO Box ZIP code?

50501 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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