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57073

ZIP 57073 is Wakonda, South Dakota, mostly in Clay County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Clay +1 more
Metro area
Vermillion, SD
Population
564
Coordinates
43.0060, -97.0551
☼ Live from 57073 — Wakonda, SD

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Where 57073 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57073
  • 🔢 Type 57073 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELOLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 57073 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101111011110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57072 (Volin, SD, 8 mi away) and 57075 (Wentworth, SD, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57073 becomes 37075 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hendersonville, TN, 721 miles away.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05737, 05773, 07735, 07753, 30577, 30757, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05773 in Wallingford, VT, 1,210 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯233 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57073 and you would come out at 43.01°S, 82.94°E — 749 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 69.4 square miles of land, 57073 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population564This ZIP564
Households203This ZIP203
Housing units242This ZIP242
Median age54.8This ZIP54.8South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$73,281This ZIP$73,281South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$116,200This ZIP$116,200South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$694This ZIP$694South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.0%This ZIP30.0%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density8.1 / sq miThis ZIP8.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees100This ZIP100
Annual payroll$4,280,000This ZIP$4,280,000
Tax returns filed280This ZIP280
Total adjusted gross income$21,306,000This ZIP$21,306,000

Land area

Land area69.36 sq miThis ZIP69.36 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 57073 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Clay County 95.6%
Turner County 4.4%

Other place names in 57073

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

ZIP codes near 57073

ZIPCityDistance
57072 Volin, SD 7.7 mi
57014 Centerville, SD 8.9 mi
57031 Gayville, SD 11.2 mi
57069 Vermillion, SD 11.7 mi
57037 Irene, SD 11.9 mi
57046 Mission Hill, SD 13.1 mi
57070 Viborg, SD 13.5 mi
57004 Beresford, SD 14.1 mi
68774 Saint Helena, NE 17.4 mi
57010 Burbank, SD 18.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57073?

57073 is in Wakonda, South Dakota, in Clay County, part of the Vermillion, SD micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0060, -97.0551.

What county is 57073 in?

57073 spans 2 counties: Clay County and Turner County. Most of it falls in Clay 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 57073?

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

What time zone is 57073 in?

57073 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57073?

About 564 people live in ZIP code 57073, in 203 households, at 8.1 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 57073?

$73,281 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57073?

The closest are 57072 (7.7 mi), 57014 (8.9 mi), 57031 (11.2 mi), 57069 (11.7 mi) and 57037 (11.9 mi).

Is 57073 a PO Box ZIP code?

57073 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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