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55702

ZIP 55702 is Alborn, Minnesota, in St. Louis County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
St. Louis
Metro area
Duluth, MN-WI
Population
412
Coordinates
46.9574, -92.6376
☼ Live from 55702 — Alborn, MN

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Where 55702 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55702
  • 🔢 Type 55702 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOLSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,702 = 2 × 27851. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55616 (Two Harbors, MN, 49 mi away) and 55703 (Angora, MN, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55702 becomes 20755 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fort George G Meade, MD, 966 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02557, 02575, 05257, 20557, 20575, 20755, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70552 in Loreauville, LA, 1,170 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯575 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55702 and you would come out at 46.96°S, 87.36°E — 805 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 31m.
  • 📏 At 50.1 square miles of land, 55702 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population412This ZIP412
Households176This ZIP176
Housing units287This ZIP287
Median age51.3This ZIP51.3Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$78,125This ZIP$78,125Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$295,000This ZIP$295,000Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,550This ZIP$1,550Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.7%This ZIP23.7%
Mean commute33.3 minThis ZIP33.3 min
Population density8.2 / sq miThis ZIP8.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees24This ZIP24
Annual payroll$774,000This ZIP$774,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$17,581,000This ZIP$17,581,000

Land area

Land area50.08 sq miThis ZIP50.08 sq mi
Water area0.68 sq miThis ZIP0.68 sq mi

ZIP codes near 55702

ZIPCityDistance
55779 Saginaw, MN 9.5 mi
55711 Brookston, MN 9.9 mi
55765 Meadowlands, MN 10.8 mi
55736 Floodwood, MN 13.3 mi
55791 Twig, MN 13.6 mi
55717 Canyon, MN 14.1 mi
55720 Cloquet, MN 15.1 mi
55724 Cotton, MN 19.2 mi
55780 Sawyer, MN 19.5 mi
55738 Forbes, MN 21.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55702?

55702 is in Alborn, Minnesota, in St. Louis County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.9574, -92.6376.

What county is 55702 in?

55702 lies in St. Louis County.

What area code is 55702?

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

What time zone is 55702 in?

55702 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55702?

About 412 people live in ZIP code 55702, in 176 households, at 8.2 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 55702?

$78,125 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55702?

The closest are 55779 (9.5 mi), 55711 (9.9 mi), 55765 (10.8 mi), 55736 (13.3 mi) and 55791 (13.6 mi).

Is 55702 a PO Box ZIP code?

55702 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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