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56096

ZIP 56096 is Waterville, Minnesota, mostly in Le Sueur County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Le Sueur +2 more
Population
2,953
Coordinates
44.2449, -93.6035
☼ Live from 56096 — Waterville, MN

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Where 56096 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56096
  • 🔢 Type 56096 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGOgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,096 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 1753. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56093 (Waseca, MN, 13 mi away) and 56097 (Wells, MN, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56096 becomes 69065, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05669, 50669, 56069, 59066, 60569, 60659, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96506 in FPO AA, a military post office, 3,659 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 65%.
  • 🎯398 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56096 and you would come out at 44.24°S, 86.40°E — 840 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 55.7 square miles of land, 56096 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,953This ZIP2,953
Households1,282This ZIP1,282
Housing units1,605This ZIP1,605
Median age47.5This ZIP47.5Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$87,679This ZIP$87,679Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$278,000This ZIP$278,000Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$886This ZIP$886Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.7%This ZIP22.7%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density53.0 / sq miThis ZIP53.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments68This ZIP68
Employees348This ZIP348
Annual payroll$12,720,000This ZIP$12,720,000
Tax returns filed1,570This ZIP1,570
Total adjusted gross income$109,335,000This ZIP$109,335,000

Land area

Land area55.67 sq miThis ZIP55.67 sq mi
Water area5.16 sq miThis ZIP5.16 sq mi

Counties 56096 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Le Sueur County 79.7%
Rice County 10.6%
Waseca County 9.7%

Other place names in 56096

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ZIP codes near 56096

ZIPCityDistance
56028 Elysian, MN 5.8 mi
56052 Kilkenny, MN 6.1 mi
55052 Morristown, MN 8.1 mi
55087 Warsaw, MN 9.6 mi
56063 Madison Lake, MN 10.9 mi
56017 Cleveland, MN 11.5 mi
56057 Le Center, MN 11.7 mi
56048 Janesville, MN 11.7 mi
56069 Montgomery, MN 11.9 mi
56093 Waseca, MN 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56096?

56096 is in Waterville, Minnesota, in Le Sueur County, part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2449, -93.6035.

What county is 56096 in?

56096 spans 3 counties: Le Sueur County, Rice County and Waseca 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 56096?

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

What time zone is 56096 in?

56096 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56096?

About 2,953 people live in ZIP code 56096, in 1,282 households, at 53.0 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 56096?

$87,679 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56096?

The closest are 56028 (5.8 mi), 56052 (6.1 mi), 55052 (8.1 mi), 55087 (9.6 mi) and 56063 (10.9 mi).

Is 56096 a PO Box ZIP code?

56096 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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