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56229

ZIP 56229 is Cottonwood, Minnesota, mostly in Lyon County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lyon +1 more
Metro area
Marshall, MN
Population
1,672
Coordinates
44.5940, -95.7164
☼ Live from 56229 — Cottonwood, MN

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Where 56229 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56229
  • 🔢 Type 56229 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GZZgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,229 = 3 × 18743. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56228 (Cosmos, MN, 56 mi away) and 56230 (Danube, MN, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56229 becomes 92265, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22965, 25692, 25962, 26259, 29526, 29625, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96522 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,446 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯360 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56229 and you would come out at 44.59°S, 84.28°E — 738 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
  • 📏 At 102.3 square miles of land, 56229 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 78 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,672This ZIP1,672
Households725This ZIP725
Housing units799This ZIP799
Median age41.6This ZIP41.6Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$104,375This ZIP$104,375Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$205,600This ZIP$205,600Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$756This ZIP$756Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.7%This ZIP27.7%
Mean commute15.5 minThis ZIP15.5 min
Population density16.3 / sq miThis ZIP16.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees679This ZIP679
Annual payroll$38,364,000This ZIP$38,364,000
Tax returns filed870This ZIP870
Total adjusted gross income$81,963,000This ZIP$81,963,000

Land area

Land area102.33 sq miThis ZIP102.33 sq mi
Water area1.84 sq miThis ZIP1.84 sq mi

Counties 56229 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lyon County 78.0%
Yellow Medicine County 22.0%

Other place names in 56229

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

ZIP codes near 56229

ZIPCityDistance
56245 Hanley Falls, MN 6.5 mi
56297 Wood Lake, MN 8.5 mi
56258 Marshall, MN 11.0 mi
56239 Ghent, MN 11.4 mi
56223 Clarkfield, MN 12.7 mi
56264 Minneota, MN 13.0 mi
56237 Echo, MN 14.2 mi
56292 Vesta, MN 14.3 mi
56263 Milroy, MN 15.0 mi
56241 Granite Falls, MN 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56229?

56229 is in Cottonwood, Minnesota, in Lyon County, part of the Marshall, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.5940, -95.7164.

What county is 56229 in?

56229 spans 2 counties: Lyon County and Yellow Medicine County. Most of it falls in Lyon 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 56229?

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

What time zone is 56229 in?

56229 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56229?

About 1,672 people live in ZIP code 56229, in 725 households, at 16.3 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 56229?

$104,375 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56229?

The closest are 56245 (6.5 mi), 56297 (8.5 mi), 56258 (11 mi), 56239 (11.4 mi) and 56223 (12.7 mi).

Is 56229 a PO Box ZIP code?

56229 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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