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53572

ZIP 53572 is Mount Horeb, 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
10,385
Coordinates
42.9608, -89.7501
☼ Live from 53572 — Mount Horeb, WI

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Where 53572 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53572
  • 🔢 Type 53572 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,572 = 2 × 2 × 59 × 227. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000101000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53571 (Morrisonville, WI, 30 mi away) and 53573 (Muscoda, WI, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53572 becomes 27535, 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, 803 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯506 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53572 and you would come out at 42.96°S, 90.25°E — 1,051 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 99.1 square miles of land, 53572 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 75 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,385This ZIP10,385
Households3,919This ZIP3,919
Housing units4,167This ZIP4,167
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$108,750This ZIP$108,750Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$416,700This ZIP$416,700Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,240This ZIP$1,240Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher48.4%This ZIP48.4%
Mean commute25.0 minThis ZIP25.0 min
Population density104.8 / sq miThis ZIP104.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments257This ZIP257
Employees2,269This ZIP2,269
Annual payroll$100,106,000This ZIP$100,106,000
Tax returns filed5,390This ZIP5,390
Total adjusted gross income$665,908,000This ZIP$665,908,000

Land area

Land area99.13 sq miThis ZIP99.13 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 53572 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%
Green County 0.7%

Other place names in 53572

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ZIP codes near 53572

ZIPCityDistance
53517 Blue Mounds, WI 7.8 mi
53507 Barneveld, WI 8.4 mi
53593 Verona, WI 8.8 mi
53544 Hollandale, WI 9.7 mi
53515 Black Earth, WI 10.7 mi
53508 Belleville, WI 11.0 mi
53574 New Glarus, WI 11.0 mi
53582 Ridgeway, WI 12.2 mi
53528 Cross Plains, WI 12.3 mi
53516 Blanchardville, WI 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53572?

53572 is in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9608, -89.7501.

What county is 53572 in?

53572 spans 2 counties: Dane County and Green 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 53572?

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

What time zone is 53572 in?

53572 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53572?

About 10,385 people live in ZIP code 53572, in 3,919 households, at 104.8 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 53572?

$108,750 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53572?

The closest are 53517 (7.8 mi), 53507 (8.4 mi), 53593 (8.8 mi), 53544 (9.7 mi) and 53515 (10.7 mi).

Is 53572 a PO Box ZIP code?

53572 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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