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55724

ZIP 55724 is Cotton, 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
707
Coordinates
47.1673, -92.3690
☼ Live from 55724 — Cotton, MN

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Where 55724 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55724
  • 🔢 Type 55724 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZLSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,724 = 2 × 2 × 13931. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100110101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55723 (Cook, MN, 52 mi away) and 55725 (Crane Lake, MN, 82 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55724 becomes 42755 — and that is a real ZIP code: Leitchfield, KY, 737 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24557, 25547, 27455, 27545, 42755, 45275, …). The farthest-flung twin is 27545 in Knightdale, NC, 1,062 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯595 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55724 and you would come out at 47.17°S, 87.63°E — 813 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 29m.
  • 📏 At 250.1 square miles of land, 55724 is bigger than 93% of ZIP codes — room for about 190 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population707This ZIP707
Households365This ZIP365
Housing units917This ZIP917
Median age59.2This ZIP59.2Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$75,313This ZIP$75,313Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$226,600This ZIP$226,600Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher27.9%This ZIP27.9%
Mean commute40.6 minThis ZIP40.6 min
Population density2.8 / sq miThis ZIP2.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees68This ZIP68
Annual payroll$2,761,000This ZIP$2,761,000
Tax returns filed440This ZIP440
Total adjusted gross income$32,284,000This ZIP$32,284,000

Land area

Land area250.06 sq miThis ZIP250.06 sq mi
Water area6.55 sq miThis ZIP6.55 sq mi

ZIP codes near 55724

ZIPCityDistance
55766 Melrude, MN 6.0 mi
55717 Canyon, MN 6.9 mi
55763 Makinen, MN 13.0 mi
55738 Forbes, MN 15.2 mi
55734 Eveleth, MN 16.4 mi
55803 Duluth, MN 16.7 mi
55765 Meadowlands, MN 17.9 mi
55779 Saginaw, MN 18.3 mi
55791 Twig, MN 18.9 mi
55702 Alborn, MN 19.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55724?

55724 is in Cotton, Minnesota, in St. Louis County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.1673, -92.3690.

What county is 55724 in?

55724 lies in St. Louis County.

What area code is 55724?

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

What time zone is 55724 in?

55724 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55724?

About 707 people live in ZIP code 55724, in 365 households, at 2.8 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 55724?

$75,313 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55724?

The closest are 55766 (6 mi), 55717 (6.9 mi), 55763 (13 mi), 55738 (15.2 mi) and 55734 (16.4 mi).

Is 55724 a PO Box ZIP code?

55724 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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