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55601

ZIP 55601 is Beaver Bay, Minnesota, in Lake County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lake
Metro area
none
Population
128
Coordinates
47.2356, -91.3660
☼ Live from 55601 — Beaver Bay, MN

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Where 55601 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55601
  • 🔢 Type 55601 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOgSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,601 = 7 × 13 × 13 × 47. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55599 (Loretto, MN, 184 mi away) and 55602 (Brimson, MN, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55601 becomes 10655, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01655, 05156, 05651, 06155, 06515, 15056, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01655 in Worcester, MA, 1,009 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 60%.
  • 🎯626 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55601 and you would come out at 47.24°S, 88.63°E — 857 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 28m.
  • 📏 At 15.4 square miles of land, 55601 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population128This ZIP128
Households63This ZIP63
Housing units111This ZIP111
Median age63.0This ZIP63.0Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$56,250This ZIP$56,250Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$242,400This ZIP$242,400Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute18.4 minThis ZIP18.4 min
Population density8.3 / sq miThis ZIP8.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees131This ZIP131
Annual payroll$3,511,000This ZIP$3,511,000

Land area

Land area15.44 sq miThis ZIP15.44 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 55601

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 55601

ZIPCityDistance
55614 Silver Bay, MN 7.6 mi
55616 Two Harbors, MN 15.3 mi
55603 Finland, MN 23.0 mi
55602 Brimson, MN 27.1 mi
55609 Knife River, MN 27.2 mi
55607 Isabella, MN 27.4 mi
55613 Schroeder, MN 29.3 mi
54844 Herbster, WI 32.2 mi
54827 Cornucopia, WI 32.3 mi
54865 Port Wing, WI 33.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55601?

55601 is in Beaver Bay, Minnesota, in Lake County. Its published point location is 47.2356, -91.3660.

What county is 55601 in?

55601 lies in Lake County.

What area code is 55601?

Beaver Bay uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55601 in?

55601 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55601?

About 128 people live in ZIP code 55601, in 63 households, at 8.3 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 55601?

$56,250 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55601?

The closest are 55614 (7.6 mi), 55616 (15.3 mi), 55603 (23 mi), 55602 (27.1 mi) and 55609 (27.2 mi).

Is 55601 a PO Box ZIP code?

55601 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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