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53506

ZIP 53506 is Avoca, Wisconsin, in Iowa County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Iowa
Metro area
Madison, WI
Population
1,011
Coordinates
43.1648, -90.2863
☼ Live from 53506 — Avoca, WI

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Where 53506 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53506
  • 🔢 Type 53506 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,506 = 2 × 31 × 863. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000100000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53505 (Avalon, WI, 82 mi away) and 53507 (Barneveld, WI, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53506 becomes 60535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05356, 05653, 06355, 06535, 30565, 30655, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06355 in Mystic, CT, 943 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯487 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53506 and you would come out at 43.16°S, 89.71°E — 1,021 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 61.0 square miles of land, 53506 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,011This ZIP1,011
Households427This ZIP427
Housing units559This ZIP559
Median age48.1This ZIP48.1Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$59,861This ZIP$59,861Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$171,500This ZIP$171,500Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$908This ZIP$908Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.1%This ZIP13.1%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density16.6 / sq miThis ZIP16.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees28This ZIP28
Annual payroll$983,000This ZIP$983,000
Tax returns filed470This ZIP470
Total adjusted gross income$25,996,000This ZIP$25,996,000

Land area

Land area61.03 sq miThis ZIP61.03 sq mi
Water area1.86 sq miThis ZIP1.86 sq mi

Other place names in 53506

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

ZIP codes near 53506

ZIPCityDistance
53540 Gotham, WI 4.0 mi
53556 Lone Rock, WI 5.5 mi
53584 Sextonville, WI 7.9 mi
53543 Highland, WI 8.0 mi
53573 Muscoda, WI 8.8 mi
53588 Spring Green, WI 10.5 mi
53533 Dodgeville, WI 13.2 mi
53526 Cobb, WI 13.5 mi
53535 Edmund, WI 13.7 mi
53569 Montfort, WI 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53506?

53506 is in Avoca, Wisconsin, in Iowa County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1648, -90.2863.

What county is 53506 in?

53506 lies in Iowa County.

What area code is 53506?

Avoca uses area code 608, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53506 in?

53506 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53506?

About 1,011 people live in ZIP code 53506, in 427 households, at 16.6 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 53506?

$59,861 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53506?

The closest are 53540 (4 mi), 53556 (5.5 mi), 53584 (7.9 mi), 53543 (8 mi) and 53573 (8.8 mi).

Is 53506 a PO Box ZIP code?

53506 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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