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55973

ZIP 55973 is Sargeant, Minnesota, mostly in Mower County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Mower +1 more
Metro area
Austin, MN
Population
251
Coordinates
43.8079, -92.7720
☼ Live from 55973 — Sargeant, MN

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Where 55973 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55973
  • 🔢 Type 55973 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELGSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,973 = 223 × 251. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101010100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55972 (Saint Charles, MN, 38 mi away) and 55974 (Spring Grove, MN, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55973 becomes 37955, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35579, 35759, 35957, 35975, 39755, 53579, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95537 in Fields Landing, CA, 1,612 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 63%.
  • 🎯406 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55973 and you would come out at 43.81°S, 87.23°E — 891 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 55973 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population251This ZIP251
Households99This ZIP99
Housing units110This ZIP110
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$110,417This ZIP$110,417Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$286,100This ZIP$286,100Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher19.1%This ZIP19.1%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density8.5 / sq miThis ZIP8.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees33This ZIP33
Annual payroll$2,278,000This ZIP$2,278,000
Tax returns filed130This ZIP130
Total adjusted gross income$10,234,000This ZIP$10,234,000

Land area

Land area29.70 sq miThis ZIP29.70 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 55973 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Mower County 96.6%
Dodge County 3.4%

Other place names in 55973

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

ZIP codes near 55973

ZIPCityDistance
55926 Dexter, MN 5.6 mi
55982 Waltham, MN 5.7 mi
55918 Brownsdale, MN 5.9 mi
55940 Hayfield, MN 6.5 mi
55950 Lansing, MN 10.7 mi
55936 Grand Meadow, MN 11.7 mi
55933 Elkton, MN 11.9 mi
55944 Kasson, MN 12.8 mi
55967 Racine, MN 12.9 mi
55912 Austin, MN 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55973?

55973 is in Sargeant, Minnesota, in Mower County, part of the Austin, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.8079, -92.7720.

What county is 55973 in?

55973 spans 2 counties: Mower County and Dodge County. Most of it falls in Mower County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 55973?

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

What time zone is 55973 in?

55973 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55973?

About 251 people live in ZIP code 55973, in 99 households, at 8.5 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 55973?

$110,417 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55973?

The closest are 55926 (5.6 mi), 55982 (5.7 mi), 55918 (5.9 mi), 55940 (6.5 mi) and 55950 (10.7 mi).

Is 55973 a PO Box ZIP code?

55973 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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