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55317

ZIP 55317 is Chanhassen, Minnesota, mostly in Carver County; area code 952; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carver +1 more
Population
22,299
Coordinates
44.8567, -93.5506
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Where 55317 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55317
  • 🔢 Type 55317 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIESS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,317 = 3 × 18439. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100000010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55316 (Champlin, MN, 23 mi away) and 55318 (Chaska, MN, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55317 becomes 71355 — and that is a real ZIP code: Moreauville, LA, 958 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13755, 15357, 15537, 15753, 17355, 17535, …). The farthest-flung twin is 31557 in Patterson, GA, 1,118 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯432 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55317 and you would come out at 44.86°S, 86.45°E — 822 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 13.1 square miles of land, 55317 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,299This ZIP22,299
Households8,430This ZIP8,430
Housing units8,746This ZIP8,746
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$140,385This ZIP$140,385Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$539,000This ZIP$539,000Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,840This ZIP$1,840Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher63.7%This ZIP63.7%
Mean commute21.3 minThis ZIP21.3 min
Population density1,696.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,696.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments706This ZIP706
Employees15,294This ZIP15,294
Annual payroll$1,100,037,000This ZIP$1,100,037,000
Tax returns filed11,200This ZIP11,200
Total adjusted gross income$1,941,867,000This ZIP$1,941,867,000

Land area

Land area13.15 sq miThis ZIP13.15 sq mi
Water area1.23 sq miThis ZIP1.23 sq mi

Counties 55317 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Carver County 98.2%
Hennepin County 1.8%

Other place names in 55317

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ZIP codes near 55317

ZIPCityDistance
55346 Eden Prairie, MN 3.7 mi
55331 Excelsior, MN 4.2 mi
55347 Eden Prairie, MN 4.8 mi
55345 Minnetonka, MN 5.2 mi
55318 Chaska, MN 5.3 mi
55386 Victoria, MN 5.6 mi
55344 Eden Prairie, MN 5.9 mi
55361 Minnetonka Beach, MN 6.1 mi
55384 Spring Park, MN 6.7 mi
55323 Crystal Bay, MN 6.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55317?

55317 is in Chanhassen, Minnesota, in Carver County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8567, -93.5506.

What county is 55317 in?

55317 spans 2 counties: Carver County and Hennepin County. Most of it falls in Carver 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 55317?

Chanhassen uses area code 952, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55317 in?

55317 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55317?

About 22,299 people live in ZIP code 55317, in 8,430 households, at 1,696.0 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 55317?

$140,385 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55317?

The closest are 55346 (3.7 mi), 55331 (4.2 mi), 55347 (4.8 mi), 55345 (5.2 mi) and 55318 (5.3 mi).

Is 55317 a PO Box ZIP code?

55317 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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