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53963

ZIP 53963 is Waupun, Wisconsin, mostly in Fond du Lac County; area code 920; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fond du Lac +1 more
Metro area
Fond du Lac, WI
Population
13,952
Coordinates
43.6347, -88.7376
☼ Live from 53963 — Waupun, WI

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Where 53963 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 53963
  • 🔢 Type 53963 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EgGES — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 53,963 = 7 × 13 × 593. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101001011001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 53962 (Union Center, WI, 76 mi away) and 53964 (Westfield, WI, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 53963 becomes 36935, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33569, 33596, 33956, 33965, 35963, 36539, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95363 in Patterson, CA, 1,750 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯571 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 53963 and you would come out at 43.63°S, 91.26°E — 1,072 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
  • 📏 At 89.8 square miles of land, 53963 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 68 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,952This ZIP13,952
Households4,399This ZIP4,399
Housing units4,714This ZIP4,714
Median age39.3This ZIP39.3Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$77,631This ZIP$77,631Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$208,600This ZIP$208,600Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$950This ZIP$950Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute18.8 minThis ZIP18.8 min
Population density155.4 / sq miThis ZIP155.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments234This ZIP234
Employees3,690This ZIP3,690
Annual payroll$201,379,000This ZIP$201,379,000
Tax returns filed5,550This ZIP5,550
Total adjusted gross income$403,698,000This ZIP$403,698,000

Land area

Land area89.78 sq miThis ZIP89.78 sq mi
Water area1.86 sq miThis ZIP1.86 sq mi

Counties 53963 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fond du Lac County 54.3%
Dodge County 45.8%

Other place names in 53963

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ZIP codes near 53963

ZIPCityDistance
53919 Brandon, WI 7.1 mi
53933 Fox Lake, WI 7.7 mi
53922 Burnett, WI 7.9 mi
53065 Oakfield, WI 8.9 mi
53931 Fairwater, WI 9.9 mi
53006 Brownsville, WI 10.3 mi
54974 Rosendale, WI 11.0 mi
53050 Mayville, WI 12.8 mi
53916 Beaver Dam, WI 13.5 mi
53032 Horicon, WI 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 53963?

53963 is in Waupun, Wisconsin, in Fond du Lac County, part of the Fond du Lac, WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.6347, -88.7376.

What county is 53963 in?

53963 spans 2 counties: Fond du Lac County and Dodge County. Most of it falls in Fond du Lac 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 53963?

Waupun uses area code 920, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 53963 in?

53963 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 53963?

About 13,952 people live in ZIP code 53963, in 4,399 households, at 155.4 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 53963?

$77,631 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 53963?

The closest are 53919 (7.1 mi), 53933 (7.7 mi), 53922 (7.9 mi), 53065 (8.9 mi) and 53931 (9.9 mi).

Is 53963 a PO Box ZIP code?

53963 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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