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56473

ZIP 56473 is Pillager, Minnesota, mostly in Cass County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cass +1 more
Metro area
Brainerd, MN
Population
3,518
Coordinates
46.3583, -94.4698
☼ Live from 56473 — Pillager, MN

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Where 56473 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56473
  • 🔢 Type 56473 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELhgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 56473 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110010011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56472 (Pequot Lakes, MN, 17 mi away) and 56474 (Pine River, MN, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56473 becomes 37465, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34756, 35476, 35647, 35674, 35746, 35764, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34756 in Montverde, FL, 1,410 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯496 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56473 and you would come out at 46.36°S, 85.53°E — 738 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 35m.
  • 📏 At 89.9 square miles of land, 56473 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 68 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,518This ZIP3,518
Households1,413This ZIP1,413
Housing units1,652This ZIP1,652
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$85,950This ZIP$85,950Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$295,300This ZIP$295,300Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,114This ZIP$1,114Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.0%This ZIP27.0%
Mean commute26.2 minThis ZIP26.2 min
Population density39.1 / sq miThis ZIP39.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees618This ZIP618
Annual payroll$25,245,000This ZIP$25,245,000
Tax returns filed1,910This ZIP1,910
Total adjusted gross income$136,967,000This ZIP$136,967,000

Land area

Land area89.92 sq miThis ZIP89.92 sq mi
Water area5.02 sq miThis ZIP5.02 sq mi

Counties 56473 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cass County 80.7%
Morrison County 19.3%

Other place names in 56473

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

ZIP codes near 56473

ZIPCityDistance
56466 Motley, MN 9.1 mi
56425 Baxter, MN 9.3 mi
56468 Nisswa, MN 12.0 mi
56443 Cushing, MN 13.8 mi
56459 Lake Hubert, MN 14.2 mi
56449 Fort Ripley, MN 15.9 mi
56479 Staples, MN 16.3 mi
56401 Brainerd, MN 16.6 mi
56472 Pequot Lakes, MN 16.7 mi
56475 Randall, MN 19.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56473?

56473 is in Pillager, Minnesota, in Cass County, part of the Brainerd, MN micropolitan area. Its published point location is 46.3583, -94.4698.

What county is 56473 in?

56473 spans 2 counties: Cass County and Morrison County. Most of it falls in Cass 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 56473?

Pillager uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 56473 in?

56473 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56473?

About 3,518 people live in ZIP code 56473, in 1,413 households, at 39.1 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 56473?

$85,950 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56473?

The closest are 56466 (9.1 mi), 56425 (9.3 mi), 56468 (12 mi), 56443 (13.8 mi) and 56459 (14.2 mi).

Is 56473 a PO Box ZIP code?

56473 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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