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56052

ZIP 56052 is Kilkenny, Minnesota, mostly in Le Sueur County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Le Sueur +1 more
Population
747
Coordinates
44.3271, -93.5587
☼ Live from 56052 — Kilkenny, MN

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Where 56052 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56052
  • 🔢 Type 56052 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,052 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 173. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101011110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56051 (Kiester, MN, 55 mi away) and 56054 (Lafayette, MN, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56052 becomes 25065, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02556, 02655, 05652, 06255, 06525, 20565, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02655 in Osterville, MA, 1,182 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯403 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56052 and you would come out at 44.33°S, 86.44°E — 839 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 50.7 square miles of land, 56052 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population747This ZIP747
Households308This ZIP308
Housing units354This ZIP354
Median age47.8This ZIP47.8Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$91,875This ZIP$91,875Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$352,100This ZIP$352,100Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher19.0%This ZIP19.0%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density14.7 / sq miThis ZIP14.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees54This ZIP54
Annual payroll$1,730,000This ZIP$1,730,000
Tax returns filed400This ZIP400
Total adjusted gross income$31,373,000This ZIP$31,373,000

Land area

Land area50.72 sq miThis ZIP50.72 sq mi
Water area2.27 sq miThis ZIP2.27 sq mi

Counties 56052 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 72.4%
Rice County 27.6%

Other place names in 56052

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

ZIP codes near 56052

ZIPCityDistance
56069 Montgomery, MN 5.9 mi
56096 Waterville, MN 6.1 mi
55052 Morristown, MN 8.7 mi
56057 Le Center, MN 9.2 mi
55087 Warsaw, MN 9.7 mi
56028 Elysian, MN 10.5 mi
55046 Lonsdale, MN 10.8 mi
56017 Cleveland, MN 13.0 mi
55021 Faribault, MN 14.2 mi
56071 New Prague, MN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56052?

56052 is in Kilkenny, Minnesota, in Le Sueur County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.3271, -93.5587.

What county is 56052 in?

56052 spans 2 counties: Le Sueur County and Rice 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 56052?

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

What time zone is 56052 in?

56052 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56052?

About 747 people live in ZIP code 56052, in 308 households, at 14.7 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 56052?

$91,875 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56052?

The closest are 56069 (5.9 mi), 56096 (6.1 mi), 55052 (8.7 mi), 56057 (9.2 mi) and 55087 (9.7 mi).

Is 56052 a PO Box ZIP code?

56052 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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