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53516

ZIP 53516 is Blanchardville, Wisconsin, mostly in Lafayette County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lafayette +3 more
Metro area
none
Population
2,238
Coordinates
42.7968, -89.8736
☼ Live from 53516 — Blanchardville, WI

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Where 53516 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53516
  • 🔢 Type 53516 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gISES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,516 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 787. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000100001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53515 (Black Earth, WI, 23 mi away) and 53517 (Blue Mounds, WI, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53516 becomes 61535 — and that is a real ZIP code: Groveland, IL, 154 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13655, 15365, 15536, 15563, 15635, 16553, …). The farthest-flung twin is 31565 in Waverly, GA, 928 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯496 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53516 and you would come out at 42.80°S, 90.13°E — 1,052 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 86.7 square miles of land, 53516 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,238This ZIP2,238
Households985This ZIP985
Housing units1,045This ZIP1,045
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$85,324This ZIP$85,324Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$306,600This ZIP$306,600Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$697This ZIP$697Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.7%This ZIP33.7%
Mean commute34.1 minThis ZIP34.1 min
Population density25.8 / sq miThis ZIP25.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments40This ZIP40
Employees302This ZIP302
Annual payroll$17,645,000This ZIP$17,645,000
Tax returns filed1,130This ZIP1,130
Total adjusted gross income$90,753,000This ZIP$90,753,000

Land area

Land area86.66 sq miThis ZIP86.66 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 53516 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Lafayette County 47.7%
Green County 35.5%
Iowa County 13.7%
Dane County 3.1%

Other place names in 53516

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ZIP codes near 53516

ZIPCityDistance
53504 Argyle, WI 5.6 mi
53544 Hollandale, WI 5.8 mi
53599 Woodford, WI 10.4 mi
53574 New Glarus, WI 11.3 mi
53572 Mount Horeb, WI 12.9 mi
53507 Barneveld, WI 13.1 mi
53570 Monticello, WI 13.7 mi
53530 Darlington, WI 14.0 mi
53587 South Wayne, WI 15.0 mi
53565 Mineral Point, WI 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53516?

53516 is in Blanchardville, Wisconsin, in Lafayette County. Its published point location is 42.7968, -89.8736.

What county is 53516 in?

53516 spans 4 counties: Lafayette County, Green County, Iowa County and Dane County. Most of it falls in Lafayette 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 53516?

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

What time zone is 53516 in?

53516 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53516?

About 2,238 people live in ZIP code 53516, in 985 households, at 25.8 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 53516?

$85,324 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53516?

The closest are 53504 (5.6 mi), 53544 (5.8 mi), 53599 (10.4 mi), 53574 (11.3 mi) and 53572 (12.9 mi).

Is 53516 a PO Box ZIP code?

53516 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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