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53590

ZIP 53590 is in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in Dane County; area code 608; Central time. Sun Prairie has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 53596.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Dane
Metro area
Madison, WI
Population
45,602
Coordinates
43.1999, -89.2071
☼ Live from 53590 — Sun Prairie, WI

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Where 53590 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53590
  • 🔢 Type 53590 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGSES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,590 = 2 × 5 × 23 × 233. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101000101010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53589 (Stoughton, WI, 19 mi away) and 53593 (Verona, WI, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53590 becomes 09535, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03595, 05359, 09355, 30559, 35905, 35950, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09355 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,197 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯538 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53590 and you would come out at 43.20°S, 90.79°E — 1,066 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 65.9 square miles of land, 53590 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,602This ZIP45,602
Households18,853This ZIP18,853
Housing units19,214This ZIP19,214
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$97,051This ZIP$97,051Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$379,500This ZIP$379,500Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,427This ZIP$1,427Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.8%This ZIP51.8%
Mean commute22.2 minThis ZIP22.2 min
Population density692.1 / sq miThis ZIP692.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments958This ZIP958
Employees14,145This ZIP14,145
Annual payroll$666,589,000This ZIP$666,589,000
Tax returns filed22,980This ZIP22,980
Total adjusted gross income$2,123,549,000This ZIP$2,123,549,000

Land area

Land area65.89 sq miThis ZIP65.89 sq mi
Water area0.37 sq miThis ZIP0.37 sq mi

Other place names in 53590

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ZIP codes near 53590

ZIPCityDistance
53596 Sun Prairie, WI 2.9 mi
53783 Madison, WI 4.8 mi
53598 Windsor, WI 6.6 mi
53559 Marshall, WI 6.7 mi
53532 Deforest, WI 6.9 mi
53718 Madison, WI 7.9 mi
53704 Madison, WI 8.3 mi
53714 Madison, WI 8.7 mi
53571 Morrisonville, WI 9.1 mi
53779 Madison, WI 9.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53590?

53590 is in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in Dane County, part of the Madison, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1999, -89.2071.

What county is 53590 in?

53590 lies in Dane County.

What area code is 53590?

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

What time zone is 53590 in?

53590 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53590?

About 45,602 people live in ZIP code 53590, in 18,853 households, at 692.1 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 53590?

$97,051 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53590?

The closest are 53596 (2.9 mi), 53783 (4.8 mi), 53598 (6.6 mi), 53559 (6.7 mi) and 53532 (6.9 mi).

Is 53590 a PO Box ZIP code?

53590 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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