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56297

ZIP 56297 is Wood Lake, Minnesota, mostly in Yellow Medicine County; area code 507; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Yellow Medicine +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
811
Coordinates
44.6368, -95.5536
☼ Live from 56297 — Wood Lake, MN

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Where 56297 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56297
  • 🔢 Type 56297 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGZgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 56,297 = 19 × 2963. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101101111101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56296 (Wheaton, MN, 94 mi away) and 56301 (Saint Cloud, MN, 87 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56297 becomes 79265, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27596, 27695, 27956, 27965, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,155 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 70%.
  • 🎯366 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56297 and you would come out at 44.64°S, 84.45°E — 744 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 48m.
  • 📏 At 67.9 square miles of land, 56297 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 52 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population811This ZIP811
Households339This ZIP339
Housing units364This ZIP364
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$82,250This ZIP$82,250Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$142,200This ZIP$142,200Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$660This ZIP$660Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.1%This ZIP16.1%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density11.9 / sq miThis ZIP11.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees96This ZIP96
Annual payroll$4,100,000This ZIP$4,100,000
Tax returns filed370This ZIP370
Total adjusted gross income$29,009,000This ZIP$29,009,000

Land area

Land area67.89 sq miThis ZIP67.89 sq mi
Water area1.51 sq miThis ZIP1.51 sq mi

Counties 56297 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 93.9%
Redwood County 6.1%

Other place names in 56297

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

ZIP codes near 56297

ZIPCityDistance
56237 Echo, MN 6.1 mi
56245 Hanley Falls, MN 6.9 mi
56229 Cottonwood, MN 8.5 mi
56292 Vesta, MN 10.5 mi
56241 Granite Falls, MN 11.2 mi
56214 Belview, MN 11.4 mi
56285 Sacred Heart, MN 14.6 mi
56263 Milroy, MN 14.9 mi
56223 Clarkfield, MN 15.6 mi
56287 Seaforth, MN 15.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56297?

56297 is in Wood Lake, Minnesota, in Yellow Medicine County. Its published point location is 44.6368, -95.5536.

What county is 56297 in?

56297 spans 2 counties: Yellow Medicine County and Redwood 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 56297?

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

What time zone is 56297 in?

56297 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56297?

About 811 people live in ZIP code 56297, in 339 households, at 11.9 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 56297?

$82,250 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56297?

The closest are 56237 (6.1 mi), 56245 (6.9 mi), 56229 (8.5 mi), 56292 (10.5 mi) and 56241 (11.2 mi).

Is 56297 a PO Box ZIP code?

56297 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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