Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/50837

50837

ZIP 50837 is Bridgewater, Iowa, mostly in Adair County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Adair +2 more
Metro area
none
Population
282
Coordinates
41.2198, -94.6914
☼ Live from 50837 — Bridgewater, IA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 50837 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50837
  • 🔢 Type 50837 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LEBOS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 50,837 = 29 × 1753. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100011010010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50836 (Blockton, IA, 42 mi away) and 50839 (Carbon, IA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 50837 becomes 73805, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03785, 03857, 03875, 05738, 05837, 05873, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03857 in Newmarket, NH, 1,219 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯226 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50837 and you would come out at 41.22°S, 85.31°E — 921 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 52.5 square miles of land, 50837 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 50837 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population282This ZIP282
Households136This ZIP136
Housing units149This ZIP149
Median age60.2This ZIP60.2Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$63,000This ZIP$63,000Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$116,700This ZIP$116,700Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$625This ZIP$625Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.9%This ZIP17.9%
Mean commute22.9 minThis ZIP22.9 min
Population density5.4 / sq miThis ZIP5.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees17This ZIP17
Annual payroll$457,000This ZIP$457,000
Tax returns filed140This ZIP140
Total adjusted gross income$7,577,000This ZIP$7,577,000

Land area

Land area52.49 sq miThis ZIP52.49 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Counties 50837 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Adair County 70.0%
Cass County 16.5%
Adams County 13.5%

Other place names in 50837

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

ZIP codes near 50837

ZIPCityDistance
50853 Massena, IA 4.1 mi
50846 Fontanelle, IA 8.6 mi
50843 Cumberland, IA 10.1 mi
50859 Prescott, IA 11.6 mi
50839 Carbon, IA 13.6 mi
50274 Wiota, IA 14.3 mi
50020 Anita, IA 14.6 mi
50858 Orient, IA 14.7 mi
50841 Corning, IA 15.1 mi
50849 Greenfield, IA 15.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 50837 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50837?

50837 is in Bridgewater, Iowa, in Adair County. Its published point location is 41.2198, -94.6914.

What county is 50837 in?

50837 spans 3 counties: Adair County, Cass County and Adams County. Most of it falls in Adair 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 50837?

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

What time zone is 50837 in?

50837 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 50837?

About 282 people live in ZIP code 50837, in 136 households, at 5.4 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 50837?

$63,000 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 50837?

The closest are 50853 (4.1 mi), 50846 (8.6 mi), 50843 (10.1 mi), 50859 (11.6 mi) and 50839 (13.6 mi).

Is 50837 a PO Box ZIP code?

50837 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “50837 ZIP Code — Bridgewater, Iowa (Adair County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/50837

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/50837.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.