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53527

ZIP 53527 is Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, in Dane County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dane
Metro area
Madison, WI
Population
11,924
Coordinates
43.0514, -89.1923
☼ Live from 53527 — Cottage Grove, WI

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Where 53527 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53527
  • 🔢 Type 53527 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 53527 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53526 (Cobb, WI, 58 mi away) and 53528 (Cross Plains, WI, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53527 becomes 72535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25357, 25375, 25537, 25573, 27355, 27553, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75253 in Dallas, TX, 822 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯534 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53527 and you would come out at 43.05°S, 90.81°E — 1,072 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 35.8 square miles of land, 53527 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,924This ZIP11,924
Households4,874This ZIP4,874
Housing units4,977This ZIP4,977
Median age39.8This ZIP39.8Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$133,883This ZIP$133,883Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$444,700This ZIP$444,700Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,505This ZIP$1,505Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.5%This ZIP52.5%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density333.4 / sq miThis ZIP333.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments251This ZIP251
Employees4,548This ZIP4,548
Annual payroll$307,436,000This ZIP$307,436,000
Tax returns filed6,120This ZIP6,120
Total adjusted gross income$622,873,000This ZIP$622,873,000

Land area

Land area35.77 sq miThis ZIP35.77 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 53527

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ZIP codes near 53527

ZIPCityDistance
53531 Deerfield, WI 4.7 mi
53718 Madison, WI 5.2 mi
53558 Mc Farland, WI 5.6 mi
53716 Madison, WI 6.3 mi
53714 Madison, WI 6.9 mi
53784 Madison, WI 7.4 mi
53779 Madison, WI 7.4 mi
53589 Stoughton, WI 8.6 mi
53783 Madison, WI 8.8 mi
53774 Madison, WI 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53527?

53527 is in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0514, -89.1923.

What county is 53527 in?

53527 lies in Dane County.

What area code is 53527?

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

What time zone is 53527 in?

53527 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53527?

About 11,924 people live in ZIP code 53527, in 4,874 households, at 333.4 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 53527?

$133,883 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53527?

The closest are 53531 (4.7 mi), 53718 (5.2 mi), 53558 (5.6 mi), 53716 (6.3 mi) and 53714 (6.9 mi).

Is 53527 a PO Box ZIP code?

53527 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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