Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/53528

53528

ZIP 53528 is Cross Plains, Wisconsin, in Dane County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dane
Metro area
Madison, WI
Population
6,263
Coordinates
43.1183, -89.6380
☼ Live from 53528 — Cross Plains, WI

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 53528 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53528
  • 🔢 Type 53528 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,528 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 6691. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000100011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53527 (Cottage Grove, WI, 23 mi away) and 53529 (Dane, WI, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53528 becomes 82535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25358, 25853, 28355, 28553, 32855, 35285, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85352 in Tacna, AZ, 1,498 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯515 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53528 and you would come out at 43.12°S, 90.36°E — 1,050 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 44.2 square miles of land, 53528 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 53528 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population6,263This ZIP6,263
Households2,494This ZIP2,494
Housing units2,568This ZIP2,568
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$106,823This ZIP$106,823Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$436,100This ZIP$436,100Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,423This ZIP$1,423Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.7%This ZIP47.7%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density141.6 / sq miThis ZIP141.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments118This ZIP118
Employees1,165This ZIP1,165
Annual payroll$68,995,000This ZIP$68,995,000
Tax returns filed3,270This ZIP3,270
Total adjusted gross income$396,358,000This ZIP$396,358,000

Land area

Land area44.23 sq miThis ZIP44.23 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Other place names in 53528

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

ZIP codes near 53528

ZIPCityDistance
53562 Middleton, WI 4.8 mi
53515 Black Earth, WI 5.1 mi
53717 Madison, WI 6.9 mi
53560 Mazomanie, WI 7.2 mi
53719 Madison, WI 8.3 mi
53705 Madison, WI 9.5 mi
53593 Verona, WI 9.7 mi
53597 Waunakee, WI 10.1 mi
53529 Dane, WI 10.2 mi
53517 Blue Mounds, WI 10.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 53528 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53528?

53528 is in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1183, -89.6380.

What county is 53528 in?

53528 lies in Dane County.

What area code is 53528?

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

What time zone is 53528 in?

53528 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53528?

About 6,263 people live in ZIP code 53528, in 2,494 households, at 141.6 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 53528?

$106,823 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53528?

The closest are 53562 (4.8 mi), 53515 (5.1 mi), 53717 (6.9 mi), 53560 (7.2 mi) and 53719 (8.3 mi).

Is 53528 a PO Box ZIP code?

53528 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “53528 ZIP Code — Cross Plains, Wisconsin (Dane County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/53528

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/53528.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.