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53809

ZIP 53809 is Fennimore, Wisconsin, in Grant County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grant
Metro area
Platteville, WI
Population
4,748
Coordinates
42.9936, -90.6332
☼ Live from 53809 — Fennimore, WI

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Where 53809 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53809
  • 🔢 Type 53809 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOBES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,809 = 7 × 7687. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001000110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53808 (Dickeyville, WI, 25 mi away) and 53810 (Glen Haven, WI, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53809 becomes 90835 — and that is a real ZIP code: Long Beach, CA, 1,614 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03589, 03598, 03859, 05839, 09358, 09835, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09853 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,032 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯466 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53809 and you would come out at 42.99°S, 89.37°E — 1,012 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 102.1 square miles of land, 53809 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 78 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,748This ZIP4,748
Households1,740This ZIP1,740
Housing units1,866This ZIP1,866
Median age33.0This ZIP33.0Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$65,568This ZIP$65,568Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$192,500This ZIP$192,500Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$764This ZIP$764Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.7%This ZIP20.7%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density46.5 / sq miThis ZIP46.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments95This ZIP95
Employees998This ZIP998
Annual payroll$51,956,000This ZIP$51,956,000
Tax returns filed1,820This ZIP1,820
Total adjusted gross income$115,094,000This ZIP$115,094,000

Land area

Land area102.13 sq miThis ZIP102.13 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 53809

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

ZIP codes near 53809

ZIPCityDistance
53825 Stitzer, WI 5.7 mi
53569 Montfort, WI 10.0 mi
53827 Woodman, WI 10.1 mi
53805 Boscobel, WI 10.6 mi
53813 Lancaster, WI 11.2 mi
53554 Livingston, WI 11.4 mi
53816 Mount Hope, WI 11.4 mi
53526 Cobb, WI 14.7 mi
53543 Highland, WI 15.2 mi
53573 Muscoda, WI 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53809?

53809 is in Fennimore, Wisconsin, in Grant County, part of the Platteville, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9936, -90.6332.

What county is 53809 in?

53809 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 53809?

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

What time zone is 53809 in?

53809 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53809?

About 4,748 people live in ZIP code 53809, in 1,740 households, at 46.5 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 53809?

$65,568 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53809?

The closest are 53825 (5.7 mi), 53569 (10 mi), 53827 (10.1 mi), 53805 (10.6 mi) and 53813 (11.2 mi).

Is 53809 a PO Box ZIP code?

53809 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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