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55950

ZIP 55950 is Lansing, Minnesota, in Mower County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Mower
Metro area
Austin, MN
Population
129
Coordinates
43.7435, -92.9663
☼ Live from 55950 — Lansing, MN

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Where 55950 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55950
  • 🔢 Type 55950 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSGSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,950 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 373. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101010001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55949 (Lanesboro, MN, 52 mi away) and 55951 (Le Roy, MN, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55950 becomes 05955, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (50559, 50595, 55905, 59055, 95055, 95550). The farthest-flung twin is 95550 in Korbel, CA, 1,582 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯396 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55950 and you would come out at 43.74°S, 87.03°E — 885 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 0.317 square miles of land, 55950 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 153 football fields.
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People and housing

Population129This ZIP129
Households67This ZIP67
Housing units82This ZIP82
Median age56.9This ZIP56.9Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$61,250This ZIP$61,250Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$162,500This ZIP$162,500Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute35.1 minThis ZIP35.1 min
Population density406.9 / sq miThis ZIP406.9 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 55950

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

ZIP codes near 55950

ZIPCityDistance
55912 Austin, MN 4.3 mi
55918 Brownsdale, MN 6.0 mi
55982 Waltham, MN 6.4 mi
55973 Sargeant, MN 10.7 mi
55917 Blooming Prairie, MN 11.2 mi
55970 Rose Creek, MN 12.2 mi
56045 Hollandale, MN 12.2 mi
55926 Dexter, MN 12.9 mi
55940 Hayfield, MN 13.3 mi
56043 Hayward, MN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55950?

55950 is in Lansing, Minnesota, in Mower County, part of the Austin, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.7435, -92.9663.

What county is 55950 in?

55950 lies in Mower County.

What area code is 55950?

Lansing uses area code 507, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 55950 in?

55950 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55950?

About 129 people live in ZIP code 55950, in 67 households, at 406.9 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 55950?

$61,250 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55950?

The closest are 55912 (4.3 mi), 55918 (6 mi), 55982 (6.4 mi), 55973 (10.7 mi) and 55917 (11.2 mi).

Is 55950 a PO Box ZIP code?

55950 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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