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54540

ZIP 54540 is Land O Lakes, Wisconsin, mostly in Vilas County; area code 715; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Vilas +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
971
Coordinates
46.1548, -89.3727
☼ Live from 54540 — Land O Lakes, WI

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Where 54540 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54540
  • 🔢 Type 54540 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhShS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,540 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 101. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010100001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54539 (Lake Tomahawk, WI, 26 mi away) and 54541 (Laona, WI, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54540 becomes 04545, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04455, 04554, 05445, 05454, 05544, 44055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04455 in Lee, ME, 1,017 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 54%.
  • 🎯638 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54540 and you would come out at 46.15°S, 90.63°E — 970 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 37m.
  • 📏 At 79.9 square miles of land, 54540 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population971This ZIP971
Households468This ZIP468
Housing units1,486This ZIP1,486
Median age61.5This ZIP61.5Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$68,654This ZIP$68,654Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$276,400This ZIP$276,400Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$608This ZIP$608Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.5%This ZIP33.5%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density12.2 / sq miThis ZIP12.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments61This ZIP61
Employees302This ZIP302
Annual payroll$11,744,000This ZIP$11,744,000
Tax returns filed630This ZIP630
Total adjusted gross income$51,449,000This ZIP$51,449,000

Land area

Land area79.88 sq miThis ZIP79.88 sq mi
Water area14.21 sq miThis ZIP14.21 sq mi

Counties 54540 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Vilas County 99.7%
Gogebic County 0.4%

ZIP codes near 54540

ZIPCityDistance
54561 Star Lake, WI 6.5 mi
54519 Conover, WI 8.7 mi
49969 Watersmeet, MI 10.2 mi
54560 Sayner, WI 11.9 mi
54512 Boulder Junction, WI 14.4 mi
54554 Phelps, WI 16.2 mi
54558 Saint Germain, WI 17.0 mi
54521 Eagle River, WI 17.4 mi
54557 Presque Isle, WI 18.4 mi
54568 Woodruff, WI 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54540?

54540 is in Land O Lakes, Wisconsin, in Vilas County. Its published point location is 46.1548, -89.3727.

What county is 54540 in?

54540 spans 2 counties: Vilas County and Gogebic County. Most of it falls in Vilas 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 54540?

Land O Lakes uses area code 715, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 54540 in?

54540 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54540?

About 971 people live in ZIP code 54540, in 468 households, at 12.2 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 54540?

$68,654 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54540?

The closest are 54561 (6.5 mi), 54519 (8.7 mi), 49969 (10.2 mi), 54560 (11.9 mi) and 54512 (14.4 mi).

Is 54540 a PO Box ZIP code?

54540 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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