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50616

ZIP 50616 is Charles City, Iowa, mostly in Floyd County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Floyd +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
9,358
Coordinates
43.0805, -92.6588
☼ Live from 50616 — Charles City, IA

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Where 50616 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50616
  • 🔢 Type 50616 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIgOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,616 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 19 × 37. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010110111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50614 (Cedar Falls, IA, 46 mi away) and 50619 (Clarksville, IA, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50616 becomes 61605 — and that is a real ZIP code: Peoria, IL, 228 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01566, 05661, 06156, 06516, 06615, 10566, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01566 in Sturbridge, MA, 1,046 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯380 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50616 and you would come out at 43.08°S, 87.34°E — 923 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 176.2 square miles of land, 50616 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 134 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,358This ZIP9,358
Households4,127This ZIP4,127
Housing units4,683This ZIP4,683
Median age44.2This ZIP44.2Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$64,830This ZIP$64,830Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$140,600This ZIP$140,600Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$734This ZIP$734Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.5%This ZIP17.5%
Mean commute16.2 minThis ZIP16.2 min
Population density53.1 / sq miThis ZIP53.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments260This ZIP260
Employees4,168This ZIP4,168
Annual payroll$213,091,000This ZIP$213,091,000
Tax returns filed4,440This ZIP4,440
Total adjusted gross income$307,113,000This ZIP$307,113,000

Land area

Land area176.17 sq miThis ZIP176.17 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Counties 50616 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Floyd County 93.7%
Chickasaw County 6.3%

Other place names in 50616

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ZIP codes near 50616

ZIPCityDistance
50620 Colwell, IA 6.3 mi
50435 Floyd, IA 7.7 mi
50460 Orchard, IA 10.2 mi
50658 Nashua, IA 10.9 mi
50645 Ionia, IA 11.6 mi
50471 Rudd, IA 12.5 mi
50603 Alta Vista, IA 12.6 mi
50661 North Washington, IA 12.6 mi
50653 Marble Rock, IA 13.8 mi
50468 Rockford, IA 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50616?

50616 is in Charles City, Iowa, in Floyd County. Its published point location is 43.0805, -92.6588.

What county is 50616 in?

50616 spans 2 counties: Floyd County and Chickasaw County. Most of it falls in Floyd 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 50616?

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

What time zone is 50616 in?

50616 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50616?

About 9,358 people live in ZIP code 50616, in 4,127 households, at 53.1 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 50616?

$64,830 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50616?

The closest are 50620 (6.3 mi), 50435 (7.7 mi), 50460 (10.2 mi), 50658 (10.9 mi) and 50645 (11.6 mi).

Is 50616 a PO Box ZIP code?

50616 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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