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54820

ZIP 54820 is Brule, Wisconsin, mostly in Douglas County; area codes 534 and 715; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Douglas +1 more
Metro area
Duluth, MN-WI
Population
707
Coordinates
46.5566, -91.5620
☼ Live from 54820 — Brule, WI

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Where 54820 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54820
  • 🔢 Type 54820 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZBhS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,820 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 2741. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011000100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54819 (Bruce, WI, 76 mi away) and 54821 (Cable, WI, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54820 becomes 02845, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02458, 02584, 04258, 04285, 04852, 05482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85042 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,410 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯584 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54820 and you would come out at 46.56°S, 88.44°E — 863 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 34m.
  • 📏 At 116.2 square miles of land, 54820 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 88 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population707This ZIP707
Households339This ZIP339
Housing units499This ZIP499
Median age54.8This ZIP54.8Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$85,179This ZIP$85,179Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$250,500This ZIP$250,500Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$855This ZIP$855Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.4%This ZIP29.4%
Mean commute33.8 minThis ZIP33.8 min
Population density6.1 / sq miThis ZIP6.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees77This ZIP77
Annual payroll$2,587,000This ZIP$2,587,000
Tax returns filed420This ZIP420
Total adjusted gross income$30,095,000This ZIP$30,095,000

Land area

Land area116.24 sq miThis ZIP116.24 sq mi
Water area0.64 sq miThis ZIP0.64 sq mi

Counties 54820 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Douglas County 52.2%
Bayfield County 47.8%

Other place names in 54820

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

ZIP codes near 54820

ZIPCityDistance
54847 Iron River, WI 7.9 mi
54854 Maple, WI 8.2 mi
54849 Lake Nebagamon, WI 9.0 mi
54864 Poplar, WI 11.8 mi
54842 Hawthorne, WI 15.4 mi
54873 Solon Springs, WI 16.0 mi
54865 Port Wing, WI 16.4 mi
54874 South Range, WI 17.9 mi
54832 Drummond, WI 19.4 mi
54844 Herbster, WI 22.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54820?

54820 is in Brule, Wisconsin, in Douglas County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.5566, -91.5620.

What county is 54820 in?

54820 spans 2 counties: Douglas County and Bayfield County. Most of it falls in Douglas 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 54820?

Brule uses area codes 534 and 715, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 54820 in?

54820 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54820?

About 707 people live in ZIP code 54820, in 339 households, at 6.1 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 54820?

$85,179 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54820?

The closest are 54847 (7.9 mi), 54854 (8.2 mi), 54849 (9 mi), 54864 (11.8 mi) and 54842 (15.4 mi).

Is 54820 a PO Box ZIP code?

54820 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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