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56071

ZIP 56071 is New Prague, Minnesota, mostly in Le Sueur County; area code 952; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Le Sueur +2 more
Population
13,157
Coordinates
44.5350, -93.5794
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Where 56071 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56071
  • 🔢 Type 56071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,071 = 47 × 1193. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101100000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56069 (Montgomery, MN, 9 mi away) and 56072 (New Richland, MN, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56071 becomes 17065 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mount Holly Springs, PA, 889 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01756, 05671, 05761, 06517, 06751, 10567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01756 in Mendon, MA, 1,117 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯414 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56071 and you would come out at 44.53°S, 86.42°E — 831 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
  • 📏 At 85.9 square miles of land, 56071 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 65 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,157This ZIP13,157
Households4,743This ZIP4,743
Housing units4,923This ZIP4,923
Median age38.0This ZIP38.0Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$115,690This ZIP$115,690Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$397,800This ZIP$397,800Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,360This ZIP$1,360Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.0%This ZIP34.0%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density153.1 / sq miThis ZIP153.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments385This ZIP385
Employees3,764This ZIP3,764
Annual payroll$232,198,000This ZIP$232,198,000
Tax returns filed6,440This ZIP6,440
Total adjusted gross income$608,146,000This ZIP$608,146,000

Land area

Land area85.93 sq miThis ZIP85.93 sq mi
Water area2.55 sq miThis ZIP2.55 sq mi

Counties 56071 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Le Sueur County 46.9%
Scott County 41.3%
Rice County 11.8%

Other place names in 56071

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ZIP codes near 56071

ZIPCityDistance
55352 Jordan, MN 8.1 mi
56069 Montgomery, MN 8.7 mi
55088 Webster, MN 9.7 mi
55046 Lonsdale, MN 10.5 mi
55020 Elko New Market, MN 10.5 mi
56011 Belle Plaine, MN 10.6 mi
55054 Elko New Market, MN 11.5 mi
56057 Le Center, MN 12.2 mi
55372 Prior Lake, MN 13.0 mi
55315 Carver, MN 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56071?

56071 is in New Prague, Minnesota, in Le Sueur County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.5350, -93.5794.

What county is 56071 in?

56071 spans 3 counties: Le Sueur County, Scott 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 56071?

New Prague uses area code 952, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 56071 in?

56071 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56071?

About 13,157 people live in ZIP code 56071, in 4,743 households, at 153.1 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 56071?

$115,690 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56071?

The closest are 55352 (8.1 mi), 56069 (8.7 mi), 55088 (9.7 mi), 55046 (10.5 mi) and 55020 (10.5 mi).

Is 56071 a PO Box ZIP code?

56071 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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