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55757

ZIP 55757 is Kettle River, Minnesota, in Carlton County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carlton
Metro area
Duluth, MN-WI
Population
739
Coordinates
46.5264, -92.9476
☼ Live from 55757 — Kettle River, MN

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Where 55757 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55757
  • 🔢 Type 55757 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSLSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,757 = 13 × 4289. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101100111001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55756 (Kerrick, MN, 20 mi away) and 55758 (Kinney, MN, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55757 becomes 75755 — and that is a real ZIP code: Big Sandy, TX, 966 miles away.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55577, 55775, 57755, 75755, 77555). The farthest-flung twin is 77555 in Galveston, TX, 1,194 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯543 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55757 and you would come out at 46.53°S, 87.05°E — 801 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 34m.
  • 📏 At 103.4 square miles of land, 55757 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 79 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population739This ZIP739
Households348This ZIP348
Housing units466This ZIP466
Median age51.0This ZIP51.0Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$61,538This ZIP$61,538Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$214,700This ZIP$214,700Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$833This ZIP$833Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.9%This ZIP16.9%
Mean commute32.0 minThis ZIP32.0 min
Population density7.1 / sq miThis ZIP7.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees60This ZIP60
Annual payroll$4,580,000This ZIP$4,580,000
Tax returns filed380This ZIP380
Total adjusted gross income$21,243,000This ZIP$21,243,000

Land area

Land area103.43 sq miThis ZIP103.43 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 55757

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

ZIP codes near 55757

ZIPCityDistance
55783 Sturgeon Lake, MN 8.0 mi
55767 Moose Lake, MN 9.9 mi
55726 Cromwell, MN 10.3 mi
55798 Wright, MN 13.6 mi
55707 Barnum, MN 14.9 mi
55787 Tamarack, MN 15.5 mi
55795 Willow River, MN 16.1 mi
55780 Sawyer, MN 16.5 mi
55760 Mcgregor, MN 16.8 mi
55756 Kerrick, MN 19.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55757?

55757 is in Kettle River, Minnesota, in Carlton County, part of the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.5264, -92.9476.

What county is 55757 in?

55757 lies in Carlton County.

What area code is 55757?

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

What time zone is 55757 in?

55757 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55757?

About 739 people live in ZIP code 55757, in 348 households, at 7.1 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 55757?

$61,538 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55757?

The closest are 55783 (8 mi), 55767 (9.9 mi), 55726 (10.3 mi), 55798 (13.6 mi) and 55707 (14.9 mi).

Is 55757 a PO Box ZIP code?

55757 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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