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55016

ZIP 55016 is Cottage Grove, Minnesota, in Washington County; area code 651; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Washington
Population
40,695
Coordinates
44.8167, -92.9337
☼ Live from 55016 — Cottage Grove, MN

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Where 55016 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55016
  • 🔢 Type 55016 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIOSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 23 × 23. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101011011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55014 (Circle Pines, MN, 26 mi away) and 55017 (Dalbo, MN, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55016 becomes 61055, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01655, 05156, 05651, 06155, 06515, 15056, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01655 in Worcester, MA, 1,063 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯449 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55016 and you would come out at 44.82°S, 87.07°E — 850 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 30.1 square miles of land, 55016 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,695This ZIP40,695
Households14,283This ZIP14,283
Housing units14,375This ZIP14,375
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$120,715This ZIP$120,715Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$377,700This ZIP$377,700Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,790This ZIP$1,790Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.8%This ZIP40.8%
Mean commute23.9 minThis ZIP23.9 min
Population density1,351.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,351.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments537This ZIP537
Employees9,224This ZIP9,224
Annual payroll$484,022,000This ZIP$484,022,000
Tax returns filed20,460This ZIP20,460
Total adjusted gross income$1,823,423,000This ZIP$1,823,423,000

Land area

Land area30.10 sq miThis ZIP30.10 sq mi
Water area3.85 sq miThis ZIP3.85 sq mi

Other place names in 55016

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ZIP codes near 55016

ZIPCityDistance
55071 Saint Paul Park, MN 3.2 mi
55076 Inver Grove Heights, MN 5.0 mi
55129 Saint Paul, MN 5.0 mi
55055 Newport, MN 5.1 mi
55125 Saint Paul, MN 7.0 mi
55077 Inver Grove Heights, MN 7.0 mi
55075 South Saint Paul, MN 7.2 mi
55001 Afton, MN 8.0 mi
55033 Hastings, MN 8.2 mi
55068 Rosemount, MN 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55016?

55016 is in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, in Washington County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8167, -92.9337.

What county is 55016 in?

55016 lies in Washington County.

What area code is 55016?

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

What time zone is 55016 in?

55016 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55016?

About 40,695 people live in ZIP code 55016, in 14,283 households, at 1,351.8 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 55016?

$120,715 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55016?

The closest are 55071 (3.2 mi), 55076 (5 mi), 55129 (5 mi), 55055 (5.1 mi) and 55125 (7 mi).

Is 55016 a PO Box ZIP code?

55016 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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