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57236

ZIP 57236 is Garden City, South Dakota, in Clark County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Clark
Metro area
none
Population
91
Coordinates
44.9855, -97.5856
☼ Live from 57236 — Garden City, SD

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Where 57236 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57236
  • 🔢 Type 57236 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEZLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,236 = 2 × 2 × 41 × 349. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101111110010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57235 (Florence, SD, 14 mi away) and 57237 (Gary, SD, 55 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57236 becomes 63275, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25637, 26537, 26753, 27356, 27536, 27563, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32765 in Oviedo, FL, 1,441 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 76%.
  • 🎯360 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57236 and you would come out at 44.99°S, 82.41°E — 646 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 46m.
  • 📏 At 55.1 square miles of land, 57236 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population91This ZIP91
Households30This ZIP30
Housing units43This ZIP43
Median age38.0This ZIP38.0South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$84,167This ZIP$84,167South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$63,000This ZIP$63,000South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher7.7%This ZIP7.7%
Mean commute47.3 minThis ZIP47.3 min
Population density1.7 / sq miThis ZIP1.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees4This ZIP4
Annual payroll$537,000This ZIP$537,000
Tax returns filed140This ZIP140
Total adjusted gross income$8,164,000This ZIP$8,164,000

Land area

Land area55.15 sq miThis ZIP55.15 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Other place names in 57236

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ZIP codes near 57236

ZIPCityDistance
57217 Bradley, SD 8.0 mi
57243 Henry, SD 8.6 mi
57272 Wallace, SD 9.8 mi
57225 Clark, SD 9.9 mi
57235 Florence, SD 14.3 mi
57271 Vienna, SD 15.9 mi
57258 Raymond, SD 18.2 mi
57242 Hazel, SD 18.4 mi
57274 Webster, SD 22.5 mi
57219 Bristol, SD 23.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57236?

57236 is in Garden City, South Dakota, in Clark County. Its published point location is 44.9855, -97.5856.

What county is 57236 in?

57236 lies in Clark County.

What area code is 57236?

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

What time zone is 57236 in?

57236 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57236?

About 91 people live in ZIP code 57236, in 30 households, at 1.7 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 57236?

$84,167 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57236?

The closest are 57217 (8 mi), 57243 (8.6 mi), 57272 (9.8 mi), 57225 (9.9 mi) and 57235 (14.3 mi).

Is 57236 a PO Box ZIP code?

57236 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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