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/52549

52549

ZIP 52549 is Cincinnati, Iowa, in Appanoose County; area code 641; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Appanoose
Metro area
none
Population
487
Coordinates
40.6186, -92.9431
☼ Live from 52549 — Cincinnati, IA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 52549 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 52549
  • 🔢 Type 52549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhSZS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 52,549 = 7 × 7507. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100110101000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 52548 (Chillicothe, IA, 39 mi away) and 52550 (Delta, IA, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 52549 becomes 94525 — and that is a real ZIP code: Crockett, CA, 1,568 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24595, 29455, 29545, 29554, 49255, 49525, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95524 in Bayside, CA, 1,620 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯302 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 52549 and you would come out at 40.62°S, 87.06°E — 1,017 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 44.0 square miles of land, 52549 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 52549 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population487This ZIP487
Households189This ZIP189
Housing units211This ZIP211
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5Iowa38.6US 38.9
Median household income$62,292This ZIP$62,292Iowa$75,059US $80,734
Median home value$88,600This ZIP$88,600Iowa$208,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$850This ZIP$850Iowa$972US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.6%This ZIP17.6%
Mean commute17.5 minThis ZIP17.5 min
Population density11.1 / sq miThis ZIP11.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees10This ZIP10
Annual payroll$411,000This ZIP$411,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$15,423,000This ZIP$15,423,000

Land area

Land area44.04 sq miThis ZIP44.04 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 52549

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

ZIP codes near 52549

ZIPCityDistance
52544 Centerville, IA 6.3 mi
52555 Exline, IA 6.9 mi
63565 Unionville, MO 9.5 mi
52590 Seymour, IA 11.1 mi
52574 Mystic, IA 13.3 mi
63551 Livonia, MO 13.4 mi
52572 Moulton, IA 13.8 mi
52581 Plano, IA 14.1 mi
63535 Coatsville, MO 14.3 mi
52593 Udell, IA 14.8 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 52549 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 52549?

52549 is in Cincinnati, Iowa, in Appanoose County. Its published point location is 40.6186, -92.9431.

What county is 52549 in?

52549 lies in Appanoose County.

What area code is 52549?

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

What time zone is 52549 in?

52549 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 52549?

About 487 people live in ZIP code 52549, in 189 households, at 11.1 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 52549?

$62,292 a year, against $75,059 across Iowa.

What ZIP codes are near 52549?

The closest are 52544 (6.3 mi), 52555 (6.9 mi), 63565 (9.5 mi), 52590 (11.1 mi) and 52574 (13.3 mi).

Is 52549 a PO Box ZIP code?

52549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “52549 ZIP Code — Cincinnati, Iowa (Appanoose County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/52549

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/52549.json

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