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53517

ZIP 53517 is Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, mostly in Dane County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dane +1 more
Metro area
Madison, WI
Population
1,799
Coordinates
43.0570, -89.8323
☼ Live from 53517 — Blue Mounds, WI

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Where 53517 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53517
  • 🔢 Type 53517 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LISES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,517 = 3 × 17839. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000100001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53516 (Blanchardville, WI, 18 mi away) and 53518 (Blue River, WI, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53517 becomes 71535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13755, 15357, 15537, 15753, 17355, 17535, …). The farthest-flung twin is 31557 in Patterson, GA, 911 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯505 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53517 and you would come out at 43.06°S, 90.17°E — 1,044 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 45.9 square miles of land, 53517 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,799This ZIP1,799
Households796This ZIP796
Housing units832This ZIP832
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$84,722This ZIP$84,722Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$445,000This ZIP$445,000Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,079This ZIP$1,079Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.4%This ZIP41.4%
Mean commute23.9 minThis ZIP23.9 min
Population density39.2 / sq miThis ZIP39.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments52This ZIP52
Employees541This ZIP541
Annual payroll$37,288,000This ZIP$37,288,000
Tax returns filed980This ZIP980
Total adjusted gross income$105,204,000This ZIP$105,204,000

Land area

Land area45.86 sq miThis ZIP45.86 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 53517 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dane County 60.9%
Iowa County 39.1%

Other place names in 53517

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

ZIP codes near 53517

ZIPCityDistance
53515 Black Earth, WI 6.2 mi
53507 Barneveld, WI 6.5 mi
53572 Mount Horeb, WI 7.8 mi
53582 Ridgeway, WI 7.9 mi
53503 Arena, WI 8.7 mi
53560 Mazomanie, WI 10.5 mi
53528 Cross Plains, WI 10.7 mi
53544 Hollandale, WI 12.9 mi
53583 Sauk City, WI 13.5 mi
53593 Verona, WI 13.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53517?

53517 is in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0570, -89.8323.

What county is 53517 in?

53517 spans 2 counties: Dane County and Iowa County. Most of it falls in Dane 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 53517?

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

What time zone is 53517 in?

53517 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53517?

About 1,799 people live in ZIP code 53517, in 796 households, at 39.2 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 53517?

$84,722 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53517?

The closest are 53515 (6.2 mi), 53507 (6.5 mi), 53572 (7.8 mi), 53582 (7.9 mi) and 53503 (8.7 mi).

Is 53517 a PO Box ZIP code?

53517 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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