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56156

ZIP 56156 is Luverne, Minnesota, in Rock County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Rock
Metro area
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
Population
6,371
Coordinates
43.6615, -96.2272
☼ Live from 56156 — Luverne, MN

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Where 56156 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56156
  • 🔢 Type 56156 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSIgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,156 = 2 × 2 × 101 × 139. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101101011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56155 (Lismore, MN, 16 mi away) and 56157 (Lynd, MN, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56156 becomes 65165, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15656, 15665, 16565, 16655, 51566, 51656, …). The farthest-flung twin is 16655 in Imler, PA, 939 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯291 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56156 and you would come out at 43.66°S, 83.77°E — 753 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 166.9 square miles of land, 56156 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 127 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,371This ZIP6,371
Households2,715This ZIP2,715
Housing units2,822This ZIP2,822
Median age40.8This ZIP40.8Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$71,066This ZIP$71,066Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$232,300This ZIP$232,300Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$643This ZIP$643Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.9%This ZIP27.9%
Mean commute17.0 minThis ZIP17.0 min
Population density38.2 / sq miThis ZIP38.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments206This ZIP206
Employees2,692This ZIP2,692
Annual payroll$122,027,000This ZIP$122,027,000
Tax returns filed3,070This ZIP3,070
Total adjusted gross income$252,492,000This ZIP$252,492,000

Land area

Land area166.85 sq miThis ZIP166.85 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 56156

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ZIP codes near 56156

ZIPCityDistance
56158 Magnolia, MN 7.4 mi
56116 Beaver Creek, MN 7.9 mi
56146 Kanaranzi, MN 8.4 mi
56134 Hardwick, MN 8.8 mi
56173 Steen, MN 9.5 mi
56147 Kenneth, MN 10.8 mi
56138 Hills, MN 11.5 mi
56129 Ellsworth, MN 13.0 mi
56110 Adrian, MN 14.4 mi
56144 Jasper, MN 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56156?

56156 is in Luverne, Minnesota, in Rock County, part of the Sioux Falls, SD-MN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.6615, -96.2272.

What county is 56156 in?

56156 lies in Rock County.

What area code is 56156?

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

What time zone is 56156 in?

56156 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56156?

About 6,371 people live in ZIP code 56156, in 2,715 households, at 38.2 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 56156?

$71,066 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56156?

The closest are 56158 (7.4 mi), 56116 (7.9 mi), 56146 (8.4 mi), 56134 (8.8 mi) and 56173 (9.5 mi).

Is 56156 a PO Box ZIP code?

56156 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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