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53559

ZIP 53559 is Marshall, 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
6,110
Coordinates
43.1656, -89.0819
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Where 53559 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53559
  • 🔢 Type 53559 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,559 = 3 × 3 × 11 × 541. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000100110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53558 (Mc Farland, WI, 15 mi away) and 53560 (Mazomanie, WI, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53559 becomes 95535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35559, 39555, 53595, 53955, 55359, 55395, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95553 in Miranda, CA, 1,793 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯542 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53559 and you would come out at 43.17°S, 90.92°E — 1,073 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 66.3 square miles of land, 53559 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,110This ZIP6,110
Households2,368This ZIP2,368
Housing units2,499This ZIP2,499
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$93,571This ZIP$93,571Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$315,300This ZIP$315,300Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$884This ZIP$884Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.2%This ZIP26.2%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density92.1 / sq miThis ZIP92.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments83This ZIP83
Employees454This ZIP454
Annual payroll$24,257,000This ZIP$24,257,000
Tax returns filed3,110This ZIP3,110
Total adjusted gross income$242,493,000This ZIP$242,493,000

Land area

Land area66.34 sq miThis ZIP66.34 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Counties 53559 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dane County 99.3%
Jefferson County 0.7%

Other place names in 53559

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

ZIP codes near 53559

ZIPCityDistance
53594 Waterloo, WI 5.7 mi
53590 Sun Prairie, WI 6.7 mi
53531 Deerfield, WI 7.6 mi
53596 Sun Prairie, WI 9.3 mi
53527 Cottage Grove, WI 9.7 mi
53783 Madison, WI 10.3 mi
53551 Lake Mills, WI 10.3 mi
53718 Madison, WI 10.8 mi
53925 Columbus, WI 11.2 mi
53714 Madison, WI 12.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53559?

53559 is in Marshall, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1656, -89.0819.

What county is 53559 in?

53559 spans 2 counties: Dane County and Jefferson 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 53559?

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

What time zone is 53559 in?

53559 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53559?

About 6,110 people live in ZIP code 53559, in 2,368 households, at 92.1 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 53559?

$93,571 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53559?

The closest are 53594 (5.7 mi), 53590 (6.7 mi), 53531 (7.6 mi), 53596 (9.3 mi) and 53527 (9.7 mi).

Is 53559 a PO Box ZIP code?

53559 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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