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56701

ZIP 56701 is Thief River Falls, Minnesota, mostly in Pennington County; area code 218; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pennington +2 more
Metro area
none
Population
12,705
Coordinates
48.1205, -96.2000
☼ Live from 56701 — Thief River Falls, MN

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Where 56701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 56701
  • 🔢 Type 56701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLgS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 56701 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101110101111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56688 (Wirt, MN, 111 mi away) and 56710 (Alvarado, MN, 37 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 56701 becomes 10765, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01756, 05671, 05761, 06517, 06751, 10567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70156 in New Orleans, LA, 1,296 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 72%.
  • 🎯585 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 56701 and you would come out at 48.12°S, 83.80°E — 624 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 16h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 21m.
  • 📏 At 383.0 square miles of land, 56701 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 291 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,705This ZIP12,705
Households5,771This ZIP5,771
Housing units6,261This ZIP6,261
Median age39.4This ZIP39.4Minnesota38.8US 38.9
Median household income$78,599This ZIP$78,599Minnesota$89,062US $80,734
Median home value$196,000This ZIP$196,000Minnesota$329,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$856This ZIP$856Minnesota$1,280US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.5%This ZIP21.5%
Mean commute11.9 minThis ZIP11.9 min
Population density33.2 / sq miThis ZIP33.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments346This ZIP346
Employees8,832This ZIP8,832
Annual payroll$533,918,000This ZIP$533,918,000
Tax returns filed6,380This ZIP6,380
Total adjusted gross income$433,447,000This ZIP$433,447,000

Land area

Land area383.04 sq miThis ZIP383.04 sq mi
Water area1.56 sq miThis ZIP1.56 sq mi

Counties 56701 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Pennington County 74.4%
Marshall County 23.8%
Polk County 1.8%

Other place names in 56701

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ZIP codes near 56701

ZIPCityDistance
56754 Saint Hilaire, MN 9.5 mi
56760 Viking, MN 14.0 mi
56748 Plummer, MN 16.4 mi
56750 Red Lake Falls, MN 16.8 mi
56738 Newfolden, MN 16.9 mi
56742 Oklee, MN 21.6 mi
56737 Middle River, MN 21.6 mi
56725 Goodridge, MN 22.6 mi
56722 Euclid, MN 22.8 mi
56715 Brooks, MN 24.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 56701?

56701 is in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, in Pennington County. Its published point location is 48.1205, -96.2000.

What county is 56701 in?

56701 spans 3 counties: Pennington County, Marshall County and Polk County. Most of it falls in Pennington 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 56701?

Thief River Falls uses area code 218, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 56701 in?

56701 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 56701?

About 12,705 people live in ZIP code 56701, in 5,771 households, at 33.2 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 56701?

$78,599 a year, against $89,062 across Minnesota.

What ZIP codes are near 56701?

The closest are 56754 (9.5 mi), 56760 (14 mi), 56748 (16.4 mi), 56750 (16.8 mi) and 56738 (16.9 mi).

Is 56701 a PO Box ZIP code?

56701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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