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54601

ZIP 54601 is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in La Crosse County; area code 608; Central time. La Crosse has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 54602 and 54603.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
La Crosse
Population
50,397
Coordinates
43.8062, -91.1406
☼ Live from 54601 — La Crosse, WI

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Where 54601 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54601
  • 🔢 Type 54601 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOghS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 54601 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010101001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54568 (Woodruff, WI, 165 mi away) and 54602 (La Crosse, WI, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54601 becomes 10645, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01546, 01564, 05146, 05461, 05641, 06145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01564 in Sterling, MA, 979 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯471 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54601 and you would come out at 43.81°S, 88.86°E — 961 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 75.4 square miles of land, 54601 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 57 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population50,397This ZIP50,397
Households21,472This ZIP21,472
Housing units22,671This ZIP22,671
Median age32.7This ZIP32.7Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$61,639This ZIP$61,639Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$235,100This ZIP$235,100Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,044This ZIP$1,044Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.5%This ZIP39.5%
Mean commute16.7 minThis ZIP16.7 min
Population density668.0 / sq miThis ZIP668.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,272This ZIP1,272
Employees31,129This ZIP31,129
Annual payroll$1,875,071,000This ZIP$1,875,071,000
Tax returns filed21,500This ZIP21,500
Total adjusted gross income$1,638,070,000This ZIP$1,638,070,000

Land area

Land area75.44 sq miThis ZIP75.44 sq mi
Water area1.61 sq miThis ZIP1.61 sq mi

Other place names in 54601

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ZIP codes near 54601

ZIPCityDistance
54603 La Crosse, WI 6.6 mi
54602 La Crosse, WI 7.1 mi
54623 Coon Valley, WI 7.8 mi
54669 West Salem, WI 7.8 mi
54650 Onalaska, WI 8.3 mi
54658 Stoddard, WI 8.9 mi
54653 Rockland, WI 10.7 mi
55947 La Crescent, MN 11.3 mi
54621 Chaseburg, WI 11.4 mi
54614 Bangor, WI 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54601?

54601 is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in La Crosse County, part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.8062, -91.1406.

What county is 54601 in?

54601 lies in La Crosse County.

What area code is 54601?

La Crosse uses area code 608, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 54601 in?

54601 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54601?

About 50,397 people live in ZIP code 54601, in 21,472 households, at 668.0 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 54601?

$61,639 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54601?

The closest are 54603 (6.6 mi), 54602 (7.1 mi), 54623 (7.8 mi), 54669 (7.8 mi) and 54650 (8.3 mi).

Is 54601 a PO Box ZIP code?

54601 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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