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54494

ZIP 54494 is in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, mostly in Wood County; area code 715; Central time. Wisconsin Rapids has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 54495.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Wood +2 more
Population
27,696
Coordinates
44.3408, -89.7350
☼ Live from 54494 — Wisconsin Rapids, WI

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Where 54494 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54494
  • 🔢 Type 54494 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGhhS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,494 = 2 × 11 × 2477. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010011011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54493 (Willard, WI, 58 mi away) and 54495 (Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54494 becomes 49445 — and that is a real ZIP code: Muskegon, MI, 186 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45449, 49445, 49454, 49544, 54449, 54944, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95444 in Graton, CA, 1,753 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯550 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54494 and you would come out at 44.34°S, 90.26°E — 1,005 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 125.3 square miles of land, 54494 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 95 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,696This ZIP27,696
Households12,029This ZIP12,029
Housing units13,109This ZIP13,109
Median age46.1This ZIP46.1Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$72,595This ZIP$72,595Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$181,700This ZIP$181,700Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$931This ZIP$931Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.9%This ZIP22.9%
Mean commute23.2 minThis ZIP23.2 min
Population density221.1 / sq miThis ZIP221.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments620This ZIP620
Employees7,907This ZIP7,907
Annual payroll$341,626,000This ZIP$341,626,000
Tax returns filed13,890This ZIP13,890
Total adjusted gross income$918,607,000This ZIP$918,607,000

Land area

Land area125.28 sq miThis ZIP125.28 sq mi
Water area3.95 sq miThis ZIP3.95 sq mi

Counties 54494 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Wood County 56.8%
Portage County 40.0%
Adams County 3.2%

Other place names in 54494

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ZIP codes near 54494

ZIPCityDistance
54469 Port Edwards, WI 6.9 mi
54921 Bancroft, WI 8.3 mi
54475 Rudolph, WI 10.3 mi
54467 Plover, WI 10.9 mi
54457 Nekoosa, WI 11.1 mi
54495 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 11.6 mi
54481 Stevens Point, WI 13.3 mi
54966 Plainfield, WI 14.5 mi
54492 Stevens Point, WI 15.5 mi
54489 Vesper, WI 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54494?

54494 is in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in Wood County, part of the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.3408, -89.7350.

What county is 54494 in?

54494 spans 3 counties: Wood County, Portage County and Adams County. Most of it falls in Wood 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 54494?

Wisconsin Rapids uses area code 715, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 54494 in?

54494 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54494?

About 27,696 people live in ZIP code 54494, in 12,029 households, at 221.1 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 54494?

$72,595 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54494?

The closest are 54469 (6.9 mi), 54921 (8.3 mi), 54475 (10.3 mi), 54467 (10.9 mi) and 54457 (11.1 mi).

Is 54494 a PO Box ZIP code?

54494 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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