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55397

ZIP 55397 is in Young America, Minnesota, mostly in Carver County; Central time. Young America has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carver +1 more
Population
3,404
Coordinates
44.8238, -93.9380
☼ Live from 55397 — Young America, MN

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Where 55397 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55397
  • 🔢 Type 55397 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGESS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,397 = 31 × 1787. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100001100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55396 (Winthrop, MN, 29 mi away) and 55398 (Zimmerman, MN, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55397 becomes 79355 — and that is a real ZIP code: Plains, TX, 937 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35579, 35759, 35957, 35975, 39755, 53579, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95537 in Fields Landing, CA, 1,552 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯419 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55397 and you would come out at 44.82°S, 86.06°E — 806 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 28.3 square miles of land, 55397 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,404This ZIP3,404
Households1,250This ZIP1,250
Housing units1,265This ZIP1,265
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$81,957This ZIP$81,957Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$352,800This ZIP$352,800Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,058This ZIP$1,058Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.9%This ZIP23.9%
Mean commute28.3 minThis ZIP28.3 min
Population density120.3 / sq miThis ZIP120.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments40This ZIP40
Employees257This ZIP257
Annual payroll$15,340,000This ZIP$15,340,000
Tax returns filed1,530This ZIP1,530
Total adjusted gross income$118,846,000This ZIP$118,846,000

Land area

Land area28.29 sq miThis ZIP28.29 sq mi
Water area1.59 sq miThis ZIP1.59 sq mi

Counties 55397 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Carver County 96.5%
McLeod County 3.5%

Other place names in 55397

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ZIP codes near 55397

ZIPCityDistance
55383 Norwood, MN 3.9 mi
55367 New Germany, MN 5.3 mi
55370 Plato, MN 5.5 mi
55368 Norwood Young America, MN 6.1 mi
55360 Mayer, MN 6.4 mi
55339 Hamburg, MN 7.0 mi
55354 Lester Prairie, MN 7.6 mi
55387 Waconia, MN 8.0 mi
55322 Cologne, MN 8.2 mi
55550 Young America, MN 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55397?

55397 is in Young America, Minnesota, in Carver County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8238, -93.9380.

What county is 55397 in?

55397 spans 2 counties: Carver County and McLeod 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 time zone is 55397 in?

55397 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55397?

About 3,404 people live in ZIP code 55397, in 1,250 households, at 120.3 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 55397?

$81,957 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55397?

The closest are 55383 (3.9 mi), 55367 (5.3 mi), 55370 (5.5 mi), 55368 (6.1 mi) and 55360 (6.4 mi).

Is 55397 a PO Box ZIP code?

55397 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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