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50609

ZIP 50609 is Beaman, Iowa, mostly in Grundy County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grundy +2 more
Population
377
Coordinates
42.2284, -92.8095
☼ Live from 50609 — Beaman, IA

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Where 50609 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50609
  • 🔢 Type 50609 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOgOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,609 = 13 × 17 × 229. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010110110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50608 (Austinville, IA, 26 mi away) and 50611 (Bristow, IA, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50609 becomes 90605 — and that is a real ZIP code: Whittier, CA, 1,478 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00659, 00956, 00965, 05069, 05609, 05906, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09605 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,265 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯343 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50609 and you would come out at 42.23°S, 87.19°E — 951 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 05m.
  • 📏 At 33.0 square miles of land, 50609 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population377This ZIP377
Households174This ZIP174
Housing units193This ZIP193
Median age46.7This ZIP46.7Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$90,250This ZIP$90,250Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$241,700This ZIP$241,700Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$785This ZIP$785Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.7%This ZIP29.7%
Mean commute43.2 minThis ZIP43.2 min
Population density11.4 / sq miThis ZIP11.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$2,341,000This ZIP$2,341,000
Tax returns filed210This ZIP210
Total adjusted gross income$17,378,000This ZIP$17,378,000

Land area

Land area33.01 sq miThis ZIP33.01 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 50609 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Grundy County 65.9%
Marshall County 30.7%
Tama County 3.4%

Other place names in 50609

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ZIP codes near 50609

ZIPCityDistance
50621 Conrad, IA 5.8 mi
50635 Gladbrook, IA 6.0 mi
50652 Lincoln, IA 6.5 mi
50638 Grundy Center, IA 8.9 mi
50148 Liscomb, IA 10.1 mi
50269 Whitten, IA 10.6 mi
50657 Morrison, IA 10.6 mi
50632 Garwin, IA 12.1 mi
50669 Reinbeck, IA 12.5 mi
50158 Marshalltown, IA 13.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50609?

50609 is in Beaman, Iowa, in Grundy County, part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.2284, -92.8095.

What county is 50609 in?

50609 spans 3 counties: Grundy County, Marshall County and Tama County. Most of it falls in Grundy 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 50609?

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

What time zone is 50609 in?

50609 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50609?

About 377 people live in ZIP code 50609, in 174 households, at 11.4 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 50609?

$90,250 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50609?

The closest are 50621 (5.8 mi), 50635 (6 mi), 50652 (6.5 mi), 50638 (8.9 mi) and 50148 (10.1 mi).

Is 50609 a PO Box ZIP code?

50609 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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