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54921

ZIP 54921 is Bancroft, Wisconsin, mostly in Portage County; area code 715; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Portage +1 more
Population
1,482
Coordinates
44.2957, -89.5793
☼ Live from 54921 — Bancroft, WI

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Where 54921 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 54921
  • 🔢 Type 54921 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IZGhS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 54,921 = 3 × 18307. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011010001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54919 (Appleton, WI, 56 mi away) and 54922 (Bear Creek, WI, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 54921 becomes 12945 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lake Clear, NY, 757 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12459, 12495, 12549, 12594, 12945, 14529, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95412 in Annapolis, CA, 1,774 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 55%.
  • 🎯555 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 54921 and you would come out at 44.30°S, 90.42°E — 1,013 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 87.3 square miles of land, 54921 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,482This ZIP1,482
Households583This ZIP583
Housing units630This ZIP630
Median age42.0This ZIP42.0Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$76,164This ZIP$76,164Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$176,000This ZIP$176,000Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$844This ZIP$844Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.3%This ZIP19.3%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density17.0 / sq miThis ZIP17.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees249This ZIP249
Annual payroll$20,924,000This ZIP$20,924,000
Tax returns filed670This ZIP670
Total adjusted gross income$40,581,000This ZIP$40,581,000

Land area

Land area87.27 sq miThis ZIP87.27 sq mi
Water area0.38 sq miThis ZIP0.38 sq mi

Counties 54921 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Portage County 86.3%
Adams County 13.7%

Other place names in 54921

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

ZIP codes near 54921

ZIPCityDistance
54966 Plainfield, WI 7.0 mi
54494 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 8.3 mi
54467 Plover, WI 8.4 mi
54909 Almond, WI 10.5 mi
54943 Hancock, WI 12.0 mi
54469 Port Edwards, WI 15.0 mi
54492 Stevens Point, WI 15.0 mi
54406 Amherst, WI 15.8 mi
54481 Stevens Point, WI 16.0 mi
54457 Nekoosa, WI 16.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 54921?

54921 is in Bancroft, Wisconsin, in Portage County, part of the Stevens Point-Plover, WI micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2957, -89.5793.

What county is 54921 in?

54921 spans 2 counties: Portage County and Adams County. Most of it falls in Portage 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 54921?

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

What time zone is 54921 in?

54921 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 54921?

About 1,482 people live in ZIP code 54921, in 583 households, at 17.0 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 54921?

$76,164 a year, against $77,485 across Wisconsin.

What ZIP codes are near 54921?

The closest are 54966 (7 mi), 54494 (8.3 mi), 54467 (8.4 mi), 54909 (10.5 mi) and 54943 (12 mi).

Is 54921 a PO Box ZIP code?

54921 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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