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56050

ZIP 56050 is Kasota, Minnesota, mostly in Le Sueur County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Le Sueur +1 more
Population
1,306
Coordinates
44.2591, -93.9473
☼ Live from 56050 — Kasota, MN

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Where 56050 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56050
  • 🔢 Type 56050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,050 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 19 × 59. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101011110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56048 (Janesville, MN, 16 mi away) and 56051 (Kiester, MN, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56050 becomes 05065 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sharon, VT, 1,067 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05056, 05065, 05650, 06505, 50056, 50065, …). The farthest-flung twin is 06505 in New Haven, CT, 1,082 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯387 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56050 and you would come out at 44.26°S, 86.05°E — 825 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 23.1 square miles of land, 56050 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,306This ZIP1,306
Households514This ZIP514
Housing units607This ZIP607
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$90,000This ZIP$90,000Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$342,700This ZIP$342,700Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$694This ZIP$694Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.1%This ZIP35.1%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density56.5 / sq miThis ZIP56.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees247This ZIP247
Annual payroll$12,984,000This ZIP$12,984,000
Tax returns filed770This ZIP770
Total adjusted gross income$68,886,000This ZIP$68,886,000

Land area

Land area23.13 sq miThis ZIP23.13 sq mi
Water area1.31 sq miThis ZIP1.31 sq mi

Counties 56050 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Le Sueur County 89.8%
Blue Earth County 10.2%

Other place names in 56050

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

ZIP codes near 56050

ZIPCityDistance
56063 Madison Lake, MN 7.0 mi
56017 Cleveland, MN 7.1 mi
56002 Mankato, MN 7.6 mi
56003 Mankato, MN 7.6 mi
56082 Saint Peter, MN 8.1 mi
56001 Mankato, MN 9.2 mi
56024 Eagle Lake, MN 9.6 mi
56028 Elysian, MN 11.6 mi
56058 Le Sueur, MN 12.7 mi
56080 Saint Clair, MN 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56050?

56050 is in Kasota, Minnesota, in Le Sueur County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2591, -93.9473.

What county is 56050 in?

56050 spans 2 counties: Le Sueur County and Blue Earth County. Most of it falls in Le Sueur 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 56050?

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

What time zone is 56050 in?

56050 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56050?

About 1,306 people live in ZIP code 56050, in 514 households, at 56.5 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 56050?

$90,000 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56050?

The closest are 56063 (7 mi), 56017 (7.1 mi), 56002 (7.6 mi), 56003 (7.6 mi) and 56082 (8.1 mi).

Is 56050 a PO Box ZIP code?

56050 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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