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55012

ZIP 55012 is Center City, Minnesota, in Chisago County; area code 651; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Chisago
Population
2,087
Coordinates
45.4380, -92.7884
☼ Live from 55012 — Center City, MN

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Where 55012 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55012
  • 🔢 Type 55012 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIOSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,012 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 809. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55011 (Cedar, MN, 23 mi away) and 55013 (Chisago City, MN, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55012 becomes 21055, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01255, 01525, 02155, 05152, 05251, 10552, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02155 in Medford, MA, 1,095 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯486 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55012 and you would come out at 45.44°S, 87.21°E — 837 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 43m.
  • 📏 At 23.7 square miles of land, 55012 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,087This ZIP2,087
Households741This ZIP741
Housing units837This ZIP837
Median age49.4This ZIP49.4Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$101,607This ZIP$101,607Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$386,600This ZIP$386,600Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,594This ZIP$1,594Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.6%This ZIP33.6%
Mean commute32.8 minThis ZIP32.8 min
Population density88.0 / sq miThis ZIP88.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees1,135This ZIP1,135
Annual payroll$69,774,000This ZIP$69,774,000
Tax returns filed1,050This ZIP1,050
Total adjusted gross income$91,301,000This ZIP$91,301,000

Land area

Land area23.72 sq miThis ZIP23.72 sq mi
Water area1.05 sq miThis ZIP1.05 sq mi

Other place names in 55012

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ZIP codes near 55012

ZIPCityDistance
55045 Lindstrom, MN 3.5 mi
55084 Taylors Falls, MN 3.9 mi
55074 Shafer, MN 4.8 mi
55002 Almelund, MN 7.3 mi
55013 Chisago City, MN 7.7 mi
54024 Saint Croix Falls, WI 8.4 mi
55056 North Branch, MN 9.5 mi
55078 Stacy, MN 10.0 mi
55073 Scandia, MN 11.4 mi
54009 Dresser, WI 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55012?

55012 is in Center City, Minnesota, in Chisago County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.4380, -92.7884.

What county is 55012 in?

55012 lies in Chisago County.

What area code is 55012?

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

What time zone is 55012 in?

55012 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55012?

About 2,087 people live in ZIP code 55012, in 741 households, at 88.0 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 55012?

$101,607 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55012?

The closest are 55045 (3.5 mi), 55084 (3.9 mi), 55074 (4.8 mi), 55002 (7.3 mi) and 55013 (7.7 mi).

Is 55012 a PO Box ZIP code?

55012 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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