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54740

ZIP 54740 is Elmwood, Wisconsin, mostly in Pierce County; area code 715; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pierce +1 more
Population
1,760
Coordinates
44.7514, -92.1668
☼ Live from 54740 — Elmwood, WI

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Where 54740 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54740
  • 🔢 Type 54740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLhS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,740 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 17 × 23. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101010111010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54739 (Elk Mound, WI, 24 mi away) and 54741 (Fairchild, WI, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54740 becomes 04745 — and that is a real ZIP code: Frenchville, ME, 1,149 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04457, 04475, 04547, 04574, 04745, 05447, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04457 in Lincoln, ME, 1,149 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯472 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54740 and you would come out at 44.75°S, 87.83°E — 885 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 48m.
  • 📏 At 83.4 square miles of land, 54740 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 63 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,760This ZIP1,760
Households723This ZIP723
Housing units792This ZIP792
Median age44.2This ZIP44.2Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$79,387This ZIP$79,387Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$239,700This ZIP$239,700Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$860This ZIP$860Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.7%This ZIP24.7%
Mean commute33.9 minThis ZIP33.9 min
Population density21.1 / sq miThis ZIP21.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments38This ZIP38
Employees412This ZIP412
Annual payroll$17,422,000This ZIP$17,422,000
Tax returns filed960This ZIP960
Total adjusted gross income$72,902,000This ZIP$72,902,000

Land area

Land area83.38 sq miThis ZIP83.38 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 54740 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pierce County 57.7%
Dunn County 42.3%

Other place names in 54740

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 54740

ZIPCityDistance
54767 Spring Valley, WI 6.9 mi
54761 Plum City, WI 8.9 mi
54721 Arkansaw, WI 9.1 mi
54737 Eau Galle, WI 9.4 mi
54750 Maiden Rock, WI 9.9 mi
54735 Downsville, WI 11.6 mi
54027 Wilson, WI 12.0 mi
54751 Menomonie, WI 13.3 mi
54003 Beldenville, WI 13.9 mi
54749 Knapp, WI 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54740?

54740 is in Elmwood, Wisconsin, in Pierce County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.7514, -92.1668.

What county is 54740 in?

54740 spans 2 counties: Pierce County and Dunn County. Most of it falls in Pierce 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 54740?

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

What time zone is 54740 in?

54740 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54740?

About 1,760 people live in ZIP code 54740, in 723 households, at 21.1 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 54740?

$79,387 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54740?

The closest are 54767 (6.9 mi), 54761 (8.9 mi), 54721 (9.1 mi), 54737 (9.4 mi) and 54750 (9.9 mi).

Is 54740 a PO Box ZIP code?

54740 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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