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56065

ZIP 56065 is Mapleton, Minnesota, mostly in Blue Earth County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Blue Earth +2 more
Metro area
Mankato, MN
Population
2,766
Coordinates
43.9315, -93.9084
☼ Live from 56065 — Mapleton, MN

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Where 56065 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56065
  • 🔢 Type 56065 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆56065 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,065 = 5 × 11213. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101100000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56063 (Madison Lake, MN, 20 mi away) and 56068 (Minnesota Lake, MN, 7 mi away).
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05656, 05665, 50566, 50665, 55066, 55606, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05665 in North Hyde Park, VT, 1,052 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 66%.
  • 🎯372 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56065 and you would come out at 43.93°S, 86.09°E — 839 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 116.3 square miles of land, 56065 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 88 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,766This ZIP2,766
Households1,015This ZIP1,015
Housing units1,083This ZIP1,083
Median age35.4This ZIP35.4Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$92,933This ZIP$92,933Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$223,100This ZIP$223,100Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$802This ZIP$802Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.3%This ZIP27.3%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density23.8 / sq miThis ZIP23.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments66This ZIP66
Employees489This ZIP489
Annual payroll$20,686,000This ZIP$20,686,000
Tax returns filed1,320This ZIP1,320
Total adjusted gross income$94,001,000This ZIP$94,001,000

Land area

Land area116.28 sq miThis ZIP116.28 sq mi
Water area1.64 sq miThis ZIP1.64 sq mi

Counties 56065 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Blue Earth County 96.9%
Faribault County 2.2%
Waseca County 0.9%

Other place names in 56065

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ZIP codes near 56065

ZIPCityDistance
56068 Minnesota Lake, MN 6.8 mi
56037 Good Thunder, MN 8.5 mi
56078 Pemberton, MN 9.0 mi
56080 Saint Clair, MN 10.7 mi
56091 Waldorf, MN 11.1 mi
56023 Delavan, MN 12.2 mi
56025 Easton, MN 12.3 mi
56010 Amboy, MN 13.9 mi
56001 Mankato, MN 14.0 mi
56048 Janesville, MN 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56065?

56065 is in Mapleton, Minnesota, in Blue Earth County, part of the Mankato, MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9315, -93.9084.

What county is 56065 in?

56065 spans 3 counties: Blue Earth County, Faribault County and Waseca County. Most of it falls in Blue Earth 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 56065?

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

What time zone is 56065 in?

56065 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56065?

About 2,766 people live in ZIP code 56065, in 1,015 households, at 23.8 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 56065?

$92,933 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56065?

The closest are 56068 (6.8 mi), 56037 (8.5 mi), 56078 (9 mi), 56080 (10.7 mi) and 56091 (11.1 mi).

Is 56065 a PO Box ZIP code?

56065 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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