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54602

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

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
La Crosse
Coordinates
43.9077, -91.1676

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 54669, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 54602 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54602
  • 🔢 Type 54602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOghS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,602 = 2 × 23 × 1187. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54601 (La Crosse, WI, 7 mi away) and 54603 (La Crosse, WI, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54602 becomes 20645 — and that is a real ZIP code: Issue, MD, 836 miles away.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02456, 02465, 02564, 02645, 04256, 04265, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04652 in Lubec, ME, 1,188 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 59%.
  • 🎯474 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54602 and you would come out at 43.91°S, 88.83°E — 957 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.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments58This ZIP58
Employees2,204This ZIP2,204
Annual payroll$169,106,000This ZIP$169,106,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 54602

ZIPCityDistance
54650 Onalaska, WI 2.9 mi
54669 West Salem, WI 4.2 mi
54603 La Crosse, WI 5.4 mi
54601 La Crosse, WI 7.1 mi
54636 Holmen, WI 7.2 mi
54644 Mindoro, WI 10.3 mi
54614 Bangor, WI 10.7 mi
55947 La Crescent, MN 11.5 mi
54653 Rockland, WI 13.4 mi
54623 Coon Valley, WI 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54602?

54602 is in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in La Crosse County, part of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9077, -91.1676.

What county is 54602 in?

54602 lies in La Crosse County.

What area code is 54602?

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

What time zone is 54602 in?

54602 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 54602?

The closest are 54650 (2.9 mi), 54669 (4.2 mi), 54603 (5.4 mi), 54601 (7.1 mi) and 54636 (7.2 mi).

Is 54602 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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