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53811

ZIP 53811 is Hazel Green, Wisconsin, mostly in Grant County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grant +1 more
Metro area
Platteville, WI
Population
3,093
Coordinates
42.5412, -90.5251
☼ Live from 53811 — Hazel Green, WI

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Where 53811 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53811
  • 🔢 Type 53811 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIBES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,811 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 1993. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53810 (Glen Haven, WI, 31 mi away) and 53812 (Kieler, WI, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53811 becomes 11835, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11358, 11385, 11853, 13158, 13815, 13851, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85131 in Eloy, AZ, 1,334 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯459 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53811 and you would come out at 42.54°S, 89.47°E — 1,034 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 47.1 square miles of land, 53811 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,093This ZIP3,093
Households1,268This ZIP1,268
Housing units1,416This ZIP1,416
Median age42.7This ZIP42.7Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$82,769This ZIP$82,769Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$224,700This ZIP$224,700Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$930This ZIP$930Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.4%This ZIP29.4%
Mean commute23.2 minThis ZIP23.2 min
Population density65.7 / sq miThis ZIP65.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments47This ZIP47
Employees353This ZIP353
Annual payroll$15,243,000This ZIP$15,243,000
Tax returns filed1,510This ZIP1,510
Total adjusted gross income$119,101,000This ZIP$119,101,000

Land area

Land area47.10 sq miThis ZIP47.10 sq mi
Water area2.36 sq miThis ZIP2.36 sq mi

Counties 53811 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Grant County 82.6%
Lafayette County 17.4%

Other place names in 53811

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

ZIP codes near 53811

ZIPCityDistance
53824 Sinsinawa, WI 1.4 mi
53812 Kieler, WI 4.8 mi
61025 East Dubuque, IL 5.1 mi
53807 Cuba City, WI 5.9 mi
53808 Dickeyville, WI 7.5 mi
52004 Dubuque, IA 7.6 mi
52099 Dubuque, IA 7.6 mi
52001 Dubuque, IA 8.6 mi
53803 Benton, WI 8.7 mi
52003 Dubuque, IA 10.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53811?

53811 is in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, in Grant County, part of the Platteville, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5412, -90.5251.

What county is 53811 in?

53811 spans 2 counties: Grant County and Lafayette 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 53811?

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

What time zone is 53811 in?

53811 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53811?

About 3,093 people live in ZIP code 53811, in 1,268 households, at 65.7 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 53811?

$82,769 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53811?

The closest are 53824 (1.4 mi), 53812 (4.8 mi), 61025 (5.1 mi), 53807 (5.9 mi) and 53808 (7.5 mi).

Is 53811 a PO Box ZIP code?

53811 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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