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57001

ZIP 57001 is Alcester, South Dakota, mostly in Union County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Union +1 more
Population
1,540
Coordinates
43.0042, -96.6573
☼ Live from 57001 — Alcester, SD

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Where 57001 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57001
  • 🔢 Type 57001 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOOLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,001 = 7 × 17 × 479. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101111010101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 56972 (Washington, DC, 1,060 mi away) and 57002 (Aurora, SD, 89 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57001 becomes 10075 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 1,174 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00715, 00751, 01057, 01075, 01507, 01570, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00751 in Salinas, PR, 2,476 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯241 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57001 and you would come out at 43.00°S, 83.34°E — 764 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 99.3 square miles of land, 57001 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 75 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,540This ZIP1,540
Households633This ZIP633
Housing units661This ZIP661
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$69,531This ZIP$69,531South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$177,400This ZIP$177,400South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$839This ZIP$839South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute20.9 minThis ZIP20.9 min
Population density15.5 / sq miThis ZIP15.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees343This ZIP343
Annual payroll$15,881,000This ZIP$15,881,000
Tax returns filed710This ZIP710
Total adjusted gross income$50,583,000This ZIP$50,583,000

Land area

Land area99.26 sq miThis ZIP99.26 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Counties 57001 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Union County 93.4%
Lincoln County 6.6%

Other place names in 57001

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ZIP codes near 57001

ZIPCityDistance
57004 Beresford, SD 8.4 mi
51011 Chatsworth, IA 9.5 mi
51023 Hawarden, IA 9.8 mi
57034 Hudson, SD 10.0 mi
51001 Akron, IA 12.6 mi
57027 Fairview, SD 14.7 mi
57010 Burbank, SD 15.5 mi
57014 Centerville, SD 16.8 mi
51027 Ireton, IA 16.9 mi
57013 Canton, SD 19.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57001?

57001 is in Alcester, South Dakota, in Union County, part of the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0042, -96.6573.

What county is 57001 in?

57001 spans 2 counties: Union County and Lincoln County. Most of it falls in Union 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 57001?

Alcester uses area code 605, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 57001 in?

57001 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57001?

About 1,540 people live in ZIP code 57001, in 633 households, at 15.5 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 57001?

$69,531 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57001?

The closest are 57004 (8.4 mi), 51011 (9.5 mi), 51023 (9.8 mi), 57034 (10 mi) and 51001 (12.6 mi).

Is 57001 a PO Box ZIP code?

57001 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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