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53005

ZIP 53005 is in Brookfield, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County; area code 262; Central time. Brookfield has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 53008 and 53045.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Waukesha
Population
21,675
Coordinates
43.0624, -88.0988
☼ Live from 53005 — Brookfield, WI

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Where 53005 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53005
  • 🔢 Type 53005 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOOES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,005 = 5 × 10601. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100111100001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53004 (Belgium, WI, 32 mi away) and 53006 (Brownsville, WI, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53005 becomes 50035 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bondurant, IA, 289 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03055, 05035, 05053, 05350, 30055, 35005, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03055 in Milford, NH, 830 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯586 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53005 and you would come out at 43.06°S, 91.90°E — 1,119 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: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 14.7 square miles of land, 53005 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,675This ZIP21,675
Households8,455This ZIP8,455
Housing units8,794This ZIP8,794
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$126,739This ZIP$126,739Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$415,800This ZIP$415,800Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,875This ZIP$1,875Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher63.3%This ZIP63.3%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density1,475.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,475.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,540This ZIP1,540
Employees30,097This ZIP30,097
Annual payroll$2,239,977,000This ZIP$2,239,977,000
Tax returns filed11,220This ZIP11,220
Total adjusted gross income$1,466,878,000This ZIP$1,466,878,000

Land area

Land area14.69 sq miThis ZIP14.69 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 53005

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ZIP codes near 53005

ZIPCityDistance
53008 Brookfield, WI 0.4 mi
53122 Elm Grove, WI 1.2 mi
53263 Milwaukee, WI 2.1 mi
53045 Brookfield, WI 2.7 mi
53226 Milwaukee, WI 2.9 mi
53007 Butler, WI 3.5 mi
53222 Milwaukee, WI 3.5 mi
53225 Milwaukee, WI 4.6 mi
53213 Milwaukee, WI 5.0 mi
53214 Milwaukee, WI 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53005?

53005 is in Brookfield, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County, part of the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0624, -88.0988.

What county is 53005 in?

53005 lies in Waukesha County.

What area code is 53005?

Brookfield uses area code 262, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53005 in?

53005 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53005?

About 21,675 people live in ZIP code 53005, in 8,455 households, at 1,475.7 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 53005?

$126,739 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53005?

The closest are 53008 (0.4 mi), 53122 (1.2 mi), 53263 (2.1 mi), 53045 (2.7 mi) and 53226 (2.9 mi).

Is 53005 a PO Box ZIP code?

53005 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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