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55001

ZIP 55001 is Afton, Minnesota, in Washington County; area code 651; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Washington
Population
3,027
Coordinates
44.8988, -92.8191
☼ Live from 55001 — Afton, MN

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Where 55001 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55001
  • 🔢 Type 55001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 55001 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011011011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 54990 (Iola, WI, 183 mi away) and 55002 (Almelund, MN, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55001 becomes 10055 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 993 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01505, 01550, 05051, 05150, 05501, 10055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05501 in Andover, MA, 1,087 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯457 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55001 and you would come out at 44.90°S, 87.18°E — 852 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 27.0 square miles of land, 55001 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,027This ZIP3,027
Households1,231This ZIP1,231
Housing units1,263This ZIP1,263
Median age51.6This ZIP51.6Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$133,581This ZIP$133,581Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$673,900This ZIP$673,900Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,333This ZIP$2,333Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.8%This ZIP57.8%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density112.1 / sq miThis ZIP112.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments102This ZIP102
Employees594This ZIP594
Annual payroll$39,146,000This ZIP$39,146,000
Tax returns filed1,580This ZIP1,580
Total adjusted gross income$335,332,000This ZIP$335,332,000

Land area

Land area26.99 sq miThis ZIP26.99 sq mi
Water area0.99 sq miThis ZIP0.99 sq mi

Other place names in 55001

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

ZIP codes near 55001

ZIPCityDistance
55129 Saint Paul, MN 3.8 mi
55043 Lakeland, MN 3.8 mi
55125 Saint Paul, MN 6.0 mi
55042 Lake Elmo, MN 7.1 mi
55003 Bayport, MN 7.8 mi
55016 Cottage Grove, MN 8.0 mi
54016 Hudson, WI 8.3 mi
55055 Newport, MN 8.9 mi
55128 Saint Paul, MN 9.4 mi
55119 Saint Paul, MN 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55001?

55001 is in Afton, Minnesota, in Washington County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8988, -92.8191.

What county is 55001 in?

55001 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 55001?

Afton uses area code 651, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55001 in?

55001 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55001?

About 3,027 people live in ZIP code 55001, in 1,231 households, at 112.1 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 55001?

$133,581 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55001?

The closest are 55129 (3.8 mi), 55043 (3.8 mi), 55125 (6 mi), 55042 (7.1 mi) and 55003 (7.8 mi).

Is 55001 a PO Box ZIP code?

55001 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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