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55349

ZIP 55349 is in Howard Lake, Minnesota, in Wright County; area code 320; Central time. Howard Lake has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 55575.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Wright
Population
3,549
Coordinates
45.0622, -94.0746
☼ Live from 55349 — Howard Lake, MN

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Where 55349 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55349
  • 🔢 Type 55349 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhESS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,349 = 7 × 7907. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100000110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55348 (Maple Plain, MN, 21 mi away) and 55350 (Hutchinson, MN, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55349 becomes 94355, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35459, 35549, 35594, 35954, 39455, 45359, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93455 in Santa Maria, CA, 1,557 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯428 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55349 and you would come out at 45.06°S, 85.93°E — 793 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 38m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 45m.
  • 📏 At 62.3 square miles of land, 55349 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 47 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,549This ZIP3,549
Households1,530This ZIP1,530
Housing units1,714This ZIP1,714
Median age48.2This ZIP48.2Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$99,444This ZIP$99,444Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$321,300This ZIP$321,300Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$937This ZIP$937Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute30.6 minThis ZIP30.6 min
Population density57.0 / sq miThis ZIP57.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments96This ZIP96
Employees1,214This ZIP1,214
Annual payroll$61,774,000This ZIP$61,774,000
Tax returns filed2,070This ZIP2,070
Total adjusted gross income$157,404,000This ZIP$157,404,000

Land area

Land area62.29 sq miThis ZIP62.29 sq mi
Water area3.85 sq miThis ZIP3.85 sq mi

Other place names in 55349

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ZIP codes near 55349

ZIPCityDistance
55575 Howard Lake, MN 0.1 mi
55390 Waverly, MN 4.7 mi
55321 Cokato, MN 6.0 mi
55395 Winsted, MN 7.2 mi
55363 Montrose, MN 7.8 mi
55381 Silver Lake, MN 10.9 mi
55325 Dassel, MN 11.9 mi
55354 Lester Prairie, MN 12.1 mi
55367 New Germany, MN 12.5 mi
55360 Mayer, MN 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55349?

55349 is in Howard Lake, Minnesota, in Wright County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.0622, -94.0746.

What county is 55349 in?

55349 lies in Wright County.

What area code is 55349?

Howard Lake uses area code 320, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55349 in?

55349 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55349?

About 3,549 people live in ZIP code 55349, in 1,530 households, at 57.0 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 55349?

$99,444 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55349?

The closest are 55575 (0.1 mi), 55390 (4.7 mi), 55321 (6 mi), 55395 (7.2 mi) and 55363 (7.8 mi).

Is 55349 a PO Box ZIP code?

55349 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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