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57249

ZIP 57249 is Lake Preston, South Dakota, in Kingsbury County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Kingsbury
Metro area
none
Population
1,023
Coordinates
44.3834, -97.3705
☼ Live from 57249 — Lake Preston, SD

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Where 57249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57249
  • 🔢 Type 57249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,249 = 3 × 3 × 6361. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1101111110100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57248 (Lake Norden, SD, 16 mi away) and 57251 (Marvin, SD, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57249 becomes 94275, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24579, 24597, 24957, 27495, 27549, 27594, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95427 in Comptche, CA, 1,388 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 75%.
  • 🎯321 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57249 and you would come out at 44.38°S, 82.63°E — 678 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
  • 📏 At 145.6 square miles of land, 57249 is bigger than 86% of ZIP codes — room for about 111 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,023This ZIP1,023
Households440This ZIP440
Housing units611This ZIP611
Median age50.6This ZIP50.6South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$63,182This ZIP$63,182South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$193,300This ZIP$193,300South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$618This ZIP$618South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.8%This ZIP18.8%
Mean commute21.9 minThis ZIP21.9 min
Population density7.0 / sq miThis ZIP7.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees125This ZIP125
Annual payroll$6,082,000This ZIP$6,082,000
Tax returns filed480This ZIP480
Total adjusted gross income$43,183,000This ZIP$43,183,000

Land area

Land area145.64 sq miThis ZIP145.64 sq mi
Water area12.13 sq miThis ZIP12.13 sq mi

Other place names in 57249

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

ZIP codes near 57249

ZIPCityDistance
57233 Erwin, SD 8.9 mi
57231 De Smet, SD 10.5 mi
57214 Badger, SD 10.9 mi
57212 Arlington, SD 11.4 mi
57051 Oldham, SD 11.5 mi
57221 Bryant, SD 16.0 mi
57248 Lake Norden, SD 16.5 mi
57061 Sinai, SD 18.8 mi
57054 Ramona, SD 19.2 mi
57071 Volga, SD 21.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57249?

57249 is in Lake Preston, South Dakota, in Kingsbury County. Its published point location is 44.3834, -97.3705.

What county is 57249 in?

57249 lies in Kingsbury County.

What area code is 57249?

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

What time zone is 57249 in?

57249 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57249?

About 1,023 people live in ZIP code 57249, in 440 households, at 7.0 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 57249?

$63,182 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57249?

The closest are 57233 (8.9 mi), 57231 (10.5 mi), 57214 (10.9 mi), 57212 (11.4 mi) and 57051 (11.5 mi).

Is 57249 a PO Box ZIP code?

57249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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