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53573

ZIP 53573 is Muscoda, Wisconsin, mostly in Grant County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grant +2 more
Metro area
Platteville, WI
Population
2,906
Coordinates
43.1809, -90.4593
☼ Live from 53573 — Muscoda, WI

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Where 53573 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53573
  • 🔢 Type 53573 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,573 = 13 × 13 × 317. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000101000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53572 (Mount Horeb, WI, 39 mi away) and 53574 (New Glarus, WI, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53573 becomes 37535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33575, 33755, 35573, 37355, 53537, 55337, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33575 in Ruskin, FL, 1,159 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯479 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53573 and you would come out at 43.18°S, 89.54°E — 1,013 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 107.2 square miles of land, 53573 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 81 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,906This ZIP2,906
Households1,225This ZIP1,225
Housing units1,442This ZIP1,442
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$64,776This ZIP$64,776Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$182,200This ZIP$182,200Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$773This ZIP$773Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.5%This ZIP18.5%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density27.1 / sq miThis ZIP27.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments49This ZIP49
Employees722This ZIP722
Annual payroll$37,346,000This ZIP$37,346,000
Tax returns filed1,410This ZIP1,410
Total adjusted gross income$81,281,000This ZIP$81,281,000

Land area

Land area107.20 sq miThis ZIP107.20 sq mi
Water area0.69 sq miThis ZIP0.69 sq mi

Counties 53573 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Grant County 42.1%
Richland County 40.8%
Iowa County 17.1%

Other place names in 53573

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ZIP codes near 53573

ZIPCityDistance
53518 Blue River, WI 8.0 mi
53506 Avoca, WI 8.8 mi
53540 Gotham, WI 8.8 mi
53543 Highland, WI 10.3 mi
53584 Sextonville, WI 10.7 mi
53556 Lone Rock, WI 11.5 mi
53805 Boscobel, WI 11.6 mi
53569 Montfort, WI 13.3 mi
53581 Richland Center, WI 13.7 mi
53526 Cobb, WI 15.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53573?

53573 is in Muscoda, Wisconsin, in Grant County, part of the Platteville, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1809, -90.4593.

What county is 53573 in?

53573 spans 3 counties: Grant County, Richland County and Iowa County. Most of it falls in Grant 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 53573?

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

What time zone is 53573 in?

53573 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53573?

About 2,906 people live in ZIP code 53573, in 1,225 households, at 27.1 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 53573?

$64,776 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53573?

The closest are 53518 (8 mi), 53506 (8.8 mi), 53540 (8.8 mi), 53543 (10.3 mi) and 53584 (10.7 mi).

Is 53573 a PO Box ZIP code?

53573 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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