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55370

ZIP 55370 is Plato, Minnesota, in McLeod County; area code 320; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
McLeod
Metro area
Hutchinson, MN
Population
558
Coordinates
44.7841, -94.0346
☼ Live from 55370 — Plato, MN

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Where 55370 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55370
  • 🔢 Type 55370 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLESS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,370 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 7 × 113. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100001001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55369 (Osseo, MN, 37 mi away) and 55371 (Princeton, MN, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55370 becomes 07355, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03575, 03755, 05357, 05735, 05753, 30557, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03575 in Bretton Woods, NH, 1,111 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯414 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55370 and you would come out at 44.78°S, 85.97°E — 803 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 20.7 square miles of land, 55370 is bigger than 38% of ZIP codes — room for about 16 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population558This ZIP558
Households196This ZIP196
Housing units218This ZIP218
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$103,750This ZIP$103,750Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$302,600This ZIP$302,600Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,344This ZIP$1,344Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.6%This ZIP15.6%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density27.0 / sq miThis ZIP27.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees258This ZIP258
Annual payroll$16,034,000This ZIP$16,034,000
Tax returns filed390This ZIP390
Total adjusted gross income$30,019,000This ZIP$30,019,000

Land area

Land area20.67 sq miThis ZIP20.67 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 55370

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ZIP codes near 55370

ZIPCityDistance
55383 Norwood, MN 5.4 mi
55397 Young America, MN 5.5 mi
55339 Hamburg, MN 5.7 mi
55354 Lester Prairie, MN 7.2 mi
55368 Norwood Young America, MN 7.3 mi
55338 Green Isle, MN 7.7 mi
55336 Glencoe, MN 7.8 mi
55367 New Germany, MN 8.2 mi
55360 Mayer, MN 10.7 mi
55395 Winsted, MN 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55370?

55370 is in Plato, Minnesota, in McLeod County, part of the Hutchinson, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.7841, -94.0346.

What county is 55370 in?

55370 lies in McLeod County.

What area code is 55370?

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

What time zone is 55370 in?

55370 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55370?

About 558 people live in ZIP code 55370, in 196 households, at 27.0 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 55370?

$103,750 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55370?

The closest are 55383 (5.4 mi), 55397 (5.5 mi), 55339 (5.7 mi), 55354 (7.2 mi) and 55368 (7.3 mi).

Is 55370 a PO Box ZIP code?

55370 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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