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55975

ZIP 55975 is Spring Valley, Minnesota, mostly in Fillmore County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fillmore +1 more
Metro area
Rochester, MN
Population
4,433
Coordinates
43.6779, -92.3644
☼ Live from 55975 — Spring Valley, MN

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Where 55975 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 55975
  • 🔢 Type 55975 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SLGSS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 55,975 = 5 × 5 × 2239. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101010100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 55974 (Spring Grove, MN, 37 mi away) and 55976 (Stewartville, MN, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 55975 becomes 57955, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55579, 55597, 55795, 55957, 57559, 59755, …). The farthest-flung twin is 59755 in Virginia City, MT, 969 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯416 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 55975 and you would come out at 43.68°S, 87.64°E — 913 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 160.1 square miles of land, 55975 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 122 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,433This ZIP4,433
Households1,848This ZIP1,848
Housing units1,955This ZIP1,955
Median age43.1This ZIP43.1Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$77,411This ZIP$77,411Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$210,400This ZIP$210,400Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$967This ZIP$967Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.1%This ZIP19.1%
Mean commute28.7 minThis ZIP28.7 min
Population density27.7 / sq miThis ZIP27.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments116This ZIP116
Employees833This ZIP833
Annual payroll$34,489,000This ZIP$34,489,000
Tax returns filed2,080This ZIP2,080
Total adjusted gross income$163,499,000This ZIP$163,499,000

Land area

Land area160.10 sq miThis ZIP160.10 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 55975 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fillmore County 88.1%
Mower County 11.9%

Other place names in 55975

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

ZIP codes near 55975

ZIPCityDistance
55990 Wykoff, MN 6.3 mi
55961 Ostrander, MN 7.5 mi
55967 Racine, MN 10.9 mi
55936 Grand Meadow, MN 11.2 mi
55951 Le Roy, MN 11.8 mi
55965 Preston, MN 12.4 mi
55935 Fountain, MN 12.8 mi
55976 Stewartville, MN 14.2 mi
52134 Chester, IA 14.4 mi
55923 Chatfield, MN 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 55975?

55975 is in Spring Valley, Minnesota, in Fillmore County, part of the Rochester, MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.6779, -92.3644.

What county is 55975 in?

55975 spans 2 counties: Fillmore County and Mower County. Most of it falls in Fillmore 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 55975?

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

What time zone is 55975 in?

55975 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 55975?

About 4,433 people live in ZIP code 55975, in 1,848 households, at 27.7 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 55975?

$77,411 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 55975?

The closest are 55990 (6.3 mi), 55961 (7.5 mi), 55967 (10.9 mi), 55936 (11.2 mi) and 55951 (11.8 mi).

Is 55975 a PO Box ZIP code?

55975 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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