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53816

ZIP 53816 is Mount Hope, Wisconsin, in Grant County; area code 608; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Grant
Metro area
Platteville, WI
Population
856
Coordinates
42.9780, -90.8577
☼ Live from 53816 — Mount Hope, WI

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Where 53816 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53816
  • 🔢 Type 53816 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIBES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,816 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 31 × 31. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001000111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53813 (Lancaster, WI, 12 mi away) and 53817 (Patch Grove, WI, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53816 becomes 61835, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13658, 13685, 13856, 13865, 15368, 15638, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85361 in Wittmann, AZ, 1,335 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯455 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53816 and you would come out at 42.98°S, 89.14°E — 1,003 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 60.6 square miles of land, 53816 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population856This ZIP856
Households293This ZIP293
Housing units351This ZIP351
Median age34.5This ZIP34.5Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$71,250This ZIP$71,250Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$201,100This ZIP$201,100Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$843This ZIP$843Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.3%This ZIP12.3%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density14.1 / sq miThis ZIP14.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees28This ZIP28
Annual payroll$1,363,000This ZIP$1,363,000
Tax returns filed340This ZIP340
Total adjusted gross income$19,253,000This ZIP$19,253,000

Land area

Land area60.65 sq miThis ZIP60.65 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 53816

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ZIP codes near 53816

ZIPCityDistance
53827 Woodman, WI 5.1 mi
53817 Patch Grove, WI 6.4 mi
53804 Bloomington, WI 7.5 mi
53826 Wauzeka, WI 10.0 mi
53821 Prairie Du Chien, WI 11.2 mi
53809 Fennimore, WI 11.4 mi
53801 Bagley, WI 11.6 mi
53813 Lancaster, WI 11.7 mi
53802 Beetown, WI 12.1 mi
53810 Glen Haven, WI 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53816?

53816 is in Mount Hope, Wisconsin, in Grant County, part of the Platteville, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9780, -90.8577.

What county is 53816 in?

53816 lies in Grant County.

What area code is 53816?

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

What time zone is 53816 in?

53816 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53816?

About 856 people live in ZIP code 53816, in 293 households, at 14.1 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 53816?

$71,250 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53816?

The closest are 53827 (5.1 mi), 53817 (6.4 mi), 53804 (7.5 mi), 53826 (10 mi) and 53821 (11.2 mi).

Is 53816 a PO Box ZIP code?

53816 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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