50982

ZIP 50982 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County; area code 515; Central time. Des Moines has 57 ZIP codes in all.

Type: No street area
Time zone: America/Chicago
County: Polk
Metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
Coordinates: 41.6006, -93.6089

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 50316, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 50982

🔢 Type 50982 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBGOS — not quite a word, sorry.
➕ As a number, 50,982 = 2 × 3 × 29 × 293. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100011100100110
🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 50981 (Des Moines, IA, 5 mi away) and 50983 (Des Moines, IA, 0 mi away).
🔄 Backwards, 50982 becomes 28905 — and that is a real ZIP code: Marble, NC, 686 miles away.
👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02859, 02895, 05829, 09258, 09825, 09852, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09852 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,201 miles away.
🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
🎯288 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 50982 and you would come out at 41.60°S, 86.39°E — 946 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.

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ZIP codes near 50982

ZIP	City	Distance
`50983`	Des Moines, IA	0.0 mi
`50307`	Des Moines, IA	0.0 mi
`50319`	Des Moines, IA	0.7 mi
`50316`	Des Moines, IA	0.7 mi
`50314`	Des Moines, IA	1.2 mi
`50392`	Des Moines, IA	1.3 mi
`50309`	Des Moines, IA	1.3 mi
`50317`	Des Moines, IA	3.3 mi
`50311`	Des Moines, IA	3.3 mi
`50310`	Des Moines, IA	3.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 50982?

50982 is in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County, part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6006, -93.6089.

What county is 50982 in?

50982 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 50982?

Des Moines uses area code 515, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 50982 in?

50982 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 50982?

The closest are 50983 (0 mi), 50307 (0 mi), 50319 (0.7 mi), 50316 (0.7 mi) and 50314 (1.2 mi).

Is 50982 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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