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56019

ZIP 56019 is Comfrey, Minnesota, mostly in Brown County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Brown +2 more
Metro area
New Ulm, MN
Population
795
Coordinates
44.1159, -94.8890
☼ Live from 56019 — Comfrey, MN

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Where 56019 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56019
  • 🔢 Type 56019 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GIOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,019 = 3 × 71 × 263. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101011010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56017 (Cleveland, MN, 55 mi away) and 56020 (Conger, MN, 76 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56019 becomes 91065, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01569, 01965, 06519, 09156, 09165, 10596, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09165 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,483 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯352 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56019 and you would come out at 44.12°S, 85.11°E — 791 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 99.1 square miles of land, 56019 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 75 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population795This ZIP795
Households364This ZIP364
Housing units422This ZIP422
Median age47.8This ZIP47.8Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$65,833This ZIP$65,833Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$161,100This ZIP$161,100Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$641This ZIP$641Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.6%This ZIP14.6%
Mean commute20.7 minThis ZIP20.7 min
Population density8.0 / sq miThis ZIP8.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees109This ZIP109
Annual payroll$4,000,000This ZIP$4,000,000
Tax returns filed440This ZIP440
Total adjusted gross income$28,485,000This ZIP$28,485,000

Land area

Land area99.14 sq miThis ZIP99.14 sq mi
Water area0.41 sq miThis ZIP0.41 sq mi

Counties 56019 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Brown County 58.5%
Cottonwood County 33.5%
Watonwan County 8.0%

Other place names in 56019

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ZIP codes near 56019

ZIPCityDistance
56022 Darfur, MN 5.0 mi
56087 Springfield, MN 9.6 mi
56120 Butterfield, MN 11.8 mi
56159 Mountain Lake, MN 12.2 mi
56083 Sanborn, MN 13.7 mi
56118 Bingham Lake, MN 14.2 mi
56085 Sleepy Eye, MN 14.4 mi
56145 Jeffers, MN 14.7 mi
56081 Saint James, MN 15.2 mi
56056 La Salle, MN 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56019?

56019 is in Comfrey, Minnesota, in Brown County, part of the New Ulm, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1159, -94.8890.

What county is 56019 in?

56019 spans 3 counties: Brown County, Cottonwood County and Watonwan County. Most of it falls in Brown 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 56019?

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

What time zone is 56019 in?

56019 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56019?

About 795 people live in ZIP code 56019, in 364 households, at 8.0 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 56019?

$65,833 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56019?

The closest are 56022 (5 mi), 56087 (9.6 mi), 56120 (11.8 mi), 56159 (12.2 mi) and 56083 (13.7 mi).

Is 56019 a PO Box ZIP code?

56019 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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