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55309

ZIP 55309 is Big Lake, Minnesota, in Sherburne County; area code 763; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sherburne
Population
21,378
Coordinates
45.3791, -93.7330
☼ Live from 55309 — Big Lake, MN

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Where 55309 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55309
  • 🔢 Type 55309 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOESS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,309 = 19 × 41 × 71. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55308 (Becker, MN, 6 mi away) and 55310 (Bird Island, MN, 70 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55309 becomes 90355, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03595, 05359, 09355, 30559, 35905, 35950, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09355 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,236 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯456 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55309 and you would come out at 45.38°S, 86.27°E — 798 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 43m.
  • 📏 At 62.4 square miles of land, 55309 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 47 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,378This ZIP21,378
Households7,152This ZIP7,152
Housing units7,506This ZIP7,506
Median age36.0This ZIP36.0Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$121,711This ZIP$121,711Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$361,100This ZIP$361,100Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,408This ZIP$1,408Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.8%This ZIP31.8%
Mean commute33.3 minThis ZIP33.3 min
Population density342.8 / sq miThis ZIP342.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments395This ZIP395
Employees3,636This ZIP3,636
Annual payroll$194,514,000This ZIP$194,514,000
Tax returns filed10,400This ZIP10,400
Total adjusted gross income$855,404,000This ZIP$855,404,000

Land area

Land area62.37 sq miThis ZIP62.37 sq mi
Water area3.30 sq miThis ZIP3.30 sq mi

Other place names in 55309

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ZIP codes near 55309

ZIPCityDistance
55308 Becker, MN 5.5 mi
55362 Monticello, MN 7.8 mi
55330 Elk River, MN 8.7 mi
55398 Zimmerman, MN 8.9 mi
55301 Albertville, MN 9.9 mi
55377 Santiago, MN 11.8 mi
55376 Saint Michael, MN 11.9 mi
55319 Clear Lake, MN 12.4 mi
55380 Silver Creek, MN 12.8 mi
55592 Maple Plain, MN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55309?

55309 is in Big Lake, Minnesota, in Sherburne County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.3791, -93.7330.

What county is 55309 in?

55309 lies in Sherburne County.

What area code is 55309?

Big Lake uses area code 763, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55309 in?

55309 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55309?

About 21,378 people live in ZIP code 55309, in 7,152 households, at 342.8 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 55309?

$121,711 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55309?

The closest are 55308 (5.5 mi), 55362 (7.8 mi), 55330 (8.7 mi), 55398 (8.9 mi) and 55301 (9.9 mi).

Is 55309 a PO Box ZIP code?

55309 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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