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53589

ZIP 53589 is Stoughton, 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
19,550
Coordinates
42.9283, -89.2152
☼ Live from 53589 — Stoughton, WI

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Where 53589 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53589
  • 🔢 Type 53589 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,589 = 3 × 17863. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53588 (Spring Green, WI, 47 mi away) and 53590 (Sun Prairie, WI, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53589 becomes 98535 — and that is a real ZIP code: Copalis Beach, WA, 1,714 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35895, 35958, 38559, 38955, 39558, 53598, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95538 in Fort Dick, CA, 1,771 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯530 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53589 and you would come out at 42.93°S, 90.78°E — 1,075 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 01m.
  • 📏 At 85.0 square miles of land, 53589 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 64 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,550This ZIP19,550
Households8,418This ZIP8,418
Housing units8,962This ZIP8,962
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$96,226This ZIP$96,226Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$341,000This ZIP$341,000Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,148This ZIP$1,148Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.1%This ZIP40.1%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density230.1 / sq miThis ZIP230.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments490This ZIP490
Employees7,136This ZIP7,136
Annual payroll$378,745,000This ZIP$378,745,000
Tax returns filed10,530This ZIP10,530
Total adjusted gross income$958,874,000This ZIP$958,874,000

Land area

Land area84.95 sq miThis ZIP84.95 sq mi
Water area6.10 sq miThis ZIP6.10 sq mi

Counties 53589 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Dane County 97.9%
Rock County 2.1%

Other place names in 53589

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ZIP codes near 53589

ZIPCityDistance
53558 Mc Farland, WI 5.7 mi
53534 Edgerton, WI 7.7 mi
53527 Cottage Grove, WI 8.6 mi
53575 Oregon, WI 8.7 mi
53523 Cambridge, WI 10.2 mi
53784 Madison, WI 10.4 mi
53531 Deerfield, WI 10.6 mi
53716 Madison, WI 10.7 mi
53521 Brooklyn, WI 11.3 mi
53711 Madison, WI 11.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53589?

53589 is in Stoughton, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9283, -89.2152.

What county is 53589 in?

53589 spans 2 counties: Dane County and Rock 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 53589?

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

What time zone is 53589 in?

53589 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53589?

About 19,550 people live in ZIP code 53589, in 8,418 households, at 230.1 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 53589?

$96,226 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53589?

The closest are 53558 (5.7 mi), 53534 (7.7 mi), 53527 (8.6 mi), 53575 (8.7 mi) and 53523 (10.2 mi).

Is 53589 a PO Box ZIP code?

53589 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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