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55751

ZIP 55751 is Iron, 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
1,388
Coordinates
47.3894, -92.6732
☼ Live from 55751 — Iron, MN

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Where 55751 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55751
  • 🔢 Type 55751 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISLSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,751 = 197 × 283. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100111000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55750 (Hoyt Lakes, MN, 35 mi away) and 55752 (Jacobson, MN, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55751 becomes 15755, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15557, 17555, 51557, 51575, 55175, 55571, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75155 in Rice, TX, 1,066 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯600 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55751 and you would come out at 47.39°S, 87.33°E — 795 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 27m.
  • 📏 At 60.2 square miles of land, 55751 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,388This ZIP1,388
Households612This ZIP612
Housing units681This ZIP681
Median age49.9This ZIP49.9Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$75,200This ZIP$75,200Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$202,400This ZIP$202,400Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$700This ZIP$700Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.5%This ZIP15.5%
Mean commute24.0 minThis ZIP24.0 min
Population density23.1 / sq miThis ZIP23.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees57This ZIP57
Annual payroll$3,954,000This ZIP$3,954,000
Tax returns filed700This ZIP700
Total adjusted gross income$48,572,000This ZIP$48,572,000

Land area

Land area60.21 sq miThis ZIP60.21 sq mi
Water area0.71 sq miThis ZIP0.71 sq mi

Other place names in 55751

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

ZIP codes near 55751

ZIPCityDistance
55713 Buhl, MN 8.0 mi
55734 Eveleth, MN 8.2 mi
55758 Kinney, MN 8.4 mi
55738 Forbes, MN 8.7 mi
55768 Mountain Iron, MN 10.3 mi
55777 Virginia, MN 11.2 mi
55747 Hibbing, MN 12.6 mi
55746 Hibbing, MN 13.7 mi
55719 Chisholm, MN 13.7 mi
55741 Gilbert, MN 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55751?

55751 is in Iron, Minnesota, in St. Louis County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 47.3894, -92.6732.

What county is 55751 in?

55751 lies in St. Louis County.

What area code is 55751?

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

What time zone is 55751 in?

55751 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55751?

About 1,388 people live in ZIP code 55751, in 612 households, at 23.1 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 55751?

$75,200 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55751?

The closest are 55713 (8 mi), 55734 (8.2 mi), 55758 (8.4 mi), 55738 (8.7 mi) and 55768 (10.3 mi).

Is 55751 a PO Box ZIP code?

55751 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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