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56119

ZIP 56119 is Brewster, Minnesota, mostly in Nobles County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Nobles +1 more
Metro area
Worthington, MN
Population
1,188
Coordinates
43.7137, -95.4630
☼ Live from 56119 — Brewster, MN

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Where 56119 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56119
  • 🔢 Type 56119 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GIIgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,119 = 7 × 8017. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101100110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56118 (Bingham Lake, MN, 27 mi away) and 56120 (Butterfield, MN, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56119 becomes 91165, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11569, 11596, 11695, 11956, 11965, 15619, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96511 in FPO AA, a military post office, 6,261 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯313 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56119 and you would come out at 43.71°S, 84.54°E — 782 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 92.9 square miles of land, 56119 is bigger than 76% of ZIP codes — room for about 71 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,188This ZIP1,188
Households400This ZIP400
Housing units412This ZIP412
Median age36.2This ZIP36.2Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$83,583This ZIP$83,583Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$183,700This ZIP$183,700Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$724This ZIP$724Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.5%This ZIP13.5%
Mean commute20.8 minThis ZIP20.8 min
Population density12.8 / sq miThis ZIP12.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees199This ZIP199
Annual payroll$16,206,000This ZIP$16,206,000
Tax returns filed490This ZIP490
Total adjusted gross income$37,556,000This ZIP$37,556,000

Land area

Land area92.91 sq miThis ZIP92.91 sq mi
Water area0.57 sq miThis ZIP0.57 sq mi

Counties 56119 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Nobles County 58.9%
Jackson County 41.1%

Other place names in 56119

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

ZIP codes near 56119

ZIPCityDistance
56161 Okabena, MN 6.9 mi
56187 Worthington, MN 8.7 mi
56137 Heron Lake, MN 10.7 mi
56131 Fulda, MN 11.2 mi
56167 Round Lake, MN 11.4 mi
56165 Reading, MN 12.0 mi
56150 Lakefield, MN 14.5 mi
56117 Bigelow, MN 17.3 mi
56168 Rushmore, MN 18.3 mi
56185 Wilmont, MN 19.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56119?

56119 is in Brewster, Minnesota, in Nobles County, part of the Worthington, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.7137, -95.4630.

What county is 56119 in?

56119 spans 2 counties: Nobles County and Jackson County. Most of it falls in Nobles 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 56119?

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

What time zone is 56119 in?

56119 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56119?

About 1,188 people live in ZIP code 56119, in 400 households, at 12.8 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 56119?

$83,583 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56119?

The closest are 56161 (6.9 mi), 56187 (8.7 mi), 56137 (10.7 mi), 56131 (11.2 mi) and 56167 (11.4 mi).

Is 56119 a PO Box ZIP code?

56119 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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