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54849

ZIP 54849 is Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, in Douglas County; area code 715; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Douglas
Metro area
Duluth, MN-WI
Population
1,857
Coordinates
46.4822, -91.7167
☼ Live from 54849 — Lake Nebagamon, WI

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Where 54849 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54849
  • 🔢 Type 54849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBhS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,849 = 3 × 47 × 389. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011001000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54848 (Ladysmith, WI, 73 mi away) and 54850 (La Pointe, WI, 63 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54849 becomes 94845, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (44859, 45849, 45894, 49458, 49548, 49845, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95448 in Healdsburg, CA, 1,664 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯575 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54849 and you would come out at 46.48°S, 88.28°E — 857 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 34m.
  • 📏 At 86.8 square miles of land, 54849 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,857This ZIP1,857
Households830This ZIP830
Housing units1,261This ZIP1,261
Median age49.1This ZIP49.1Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$80,714This ZIP$80,714Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$261,000This ZIP$261,000Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$836This ZIP$836Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.5%This ZIP34.5%
Mean commute37.0 minThis ZIP37.0 min
Population density21.4 / sq miThis ZIP21.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments42This ZIP42
Employees202This ZIP202
Annual payroll$7,626,000This ZIP$7,626,000
Tax returns filed1,020This ZIP1,020
Total adjusted gross income$96,013,000This ZIP$96,013,000

Land area

Land area86.76 sq miThis ZIP86.76 sq mi
Water area3.47 sq miThis ZIP3.47 sq mi

Other place names in 54849

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

ZIP codes near 54849

ZIPCityDistance
54842 Hawthorne, WI 7.4 mi
54820 Brule, WI 9.0 mi
54864 Poplar, WI 9.2 mi
54873 Solon Springs, WI 9.4 mi
54854 Maple, WI 11.9 mi
54874 South Range, WI 12.2 mi
54847 Iron River, WI 16.5 mi
54838 Gordon, WI 16.5 mi
54880 Superior, WI 21.0 mi
54832 Drummond, WI 21.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54849?

54849 is in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, in Douglas County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.4822, -91.7167.

What county is 54849 in?

54849 lies in Douglas County.

What area code is 54849?

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

What time zone is 54849 in?

54849 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54849?

About 1,857 people live in ZIP code 54849, in 830 households, at 21.4 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 54849?

$80,714 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54849?

The closest are 54842 (7.4 mi), 54820 (9 mi), 54864 (9.2 mi), 54873 (9.4 mi) and 54854 (11.9 mi).

Is 54849 a PO Box ZIP code?

54849 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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