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50680

ZIP 50680 is Wellsburg, Iowa, mostly in Grundy County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grundy +1 more
Population
1,027
Coordinates
42.4446, -92.9172
☼ Live from 50680 — Wellsburg, IA

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Where 50680 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50680
  • 🔢 Type 50680 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBgOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,680 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 181. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100010111111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50677 (Waverly, IA, 33 mi away) and 50681 (Westgate, IA, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50680 becomes 08605 — and that is a real ZIP code: Trenton, NJ, 954 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00685, 05068, 05086, 05680, 05860, 06058, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00685 in San Sebastian, PR, 2,254 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯346 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50680 and you would come out at 42.44°S, 87.08°E — 938 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 04m.
  • 📏 At 57.7 square miles of land, 50680 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,027This ZIP1,027
Households482This ZIP482
Housing units533This ZIP533
Median age50.8This ZIP50.8Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$75,956This ZIP$75,956Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$140,900This ZIP$140,900Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$584This ZIP$584Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.5%This ZIP15.5%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density17.8 / sq miThis ZIP17.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees157This ZIP157
Annual payroll$8,143,000This ZIP$8,143,000
Tax returns filed520This ZIP520
Total adjusted gross income$40,659,000This ZIP$40,659,000

Land area

Land area57.66 sq miThis ZIP57.66 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 50680 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Grundy County 99.2%
Hardin County 0.9%

Other place names in 50680

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

ZIP codes near 50680

ZIPCityDistance
50642 Holland, IA 5.1 mi
50672 Steamboat Rock, IA 8.0 mi
50638 Grundy Center, IA 8.7 mi
50608 Austinville, IA 10.2 mi
50604 Aplington, IA 10.9 mi
50627 Eldora, IA 11.1 mi
50601 Ackley, IA 11.2 mi
50673 Stout, IA 11.9 mi
50665 Parkersburg, IA 12.0 mi
50624 Dike, IA 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50680?

50680 is in Wellsburg, Iowa, in Grundy County, part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4446, -92.9172.

What county is 50680 in?

50680 spans 2 counties: Grundy County and Hardin 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 50680?

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

What time zone is 50680 in?

50680 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50680?

About 1,027 people live in ZIP code 50680, in 482 households, at 17.8 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 50680?

$75,956 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50680?

The closest are 50642 (5.1 mi), 50672 (8 mi), 50638 (8.7 mi), 50608 (10.2 mi) and 50604 (10.9 mi).

Is 50680 a PO Box ZIP code?

50680 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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