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56291

ZIP 56291 is Taunton, Minnesota, mostly in Yellow Medicine County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Yellow Medicine +2 more
Metro area
none
Population
397
Coordinates
44.6226, -96.0621
☼ Live from 56291 — Taunton, MN

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Where 56291 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56291
  • 🔢 Type 56291 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IGZgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,291 = 181 × 311. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101111100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56289 (Sunburg, MN, 64 mi away) and 56292 (Vesta, MN, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56291 becomes 19265, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12569, 12956, 12965, 15629, 15692, 15926, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96521 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,436 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 71%.
  • 🎯355 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56291 and you would come out at 44.62°S, 83.94°E — 723 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 66.0 square miles of land, 56291 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population397This ZIP397
Households173This ZIP173
Housing units195This ZIP195
Median age43.5This ZIP43.5Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$63,438This ZIP$63,438Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$183,900This ZIP$183,900Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$625This ZIP$625Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.4%This ZIP23.4%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density6.0 / sq miThis ZIP6.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees25This ZIP25
Annual payroll$1,353,000This ZIP$1,353,000
Tax returns filed220This ZIP220
Total adjusted gross income$14,837,000This ZIP$14,837,000

Land area

Land area66.04 sq miThis ZIP66.04 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 56291 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Yellow Medicine County 42.4%
Lyon County 31.4%
Lincoln County 26.2%

Other place names in 56291

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

ZIP codes near 56291

ZIPCityDistance
56264 Minneota, MN 4.7 mi
56280 Porter, MN 5.1 mi
56239 Ghent, MN 11.1 mi
56220 Canby, MN 13.4 mi
56142 Ivanhoe, MN 13.6 mi
56218 Boyd, MN 15.3 mi
56223 Clarkfield, MN 15.4 mi
56113 Arco, MN 15.7 mi
56157 Lynd, MN 16.1 mi
56229 Cottonwood, MN 17.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56291?

56291 is in Taunton, Minnesota, in Yellow Medicine County. Its published point location is 44.6226, -96.0621.

What county is 56291 in?

56291 spans 3 counties: Yellow Medicine County, Lyon County and Lincoln County. Most of it falls in Yellow Medicine 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 56291?

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

What time zone is 56291 in?

56291 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56291?

About 397 people live in ZIP code 56291, in 173 households, at 6.0 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 56291?

$63,438 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56291?

The closest are 56264 (4.7 mi), 56280 (5.1 mi), 56239 (11.1 mi), 56220 (13.4 mi) and 56142 (13.6 mi).

Is 56291 a PO Box ZIP code?

56291 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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