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57359

ZIP 57359 is Letcher, South Dakota, mostly in Sanborn County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sanborn +2 more
Metro area
Mitchell, SD
Population
652
Coordinates
43.9025, -98.1544
☼ Live from 57359 — Letcher, SD

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Where 57359 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57359
  • 🔢 Type 57359 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSELS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,359 = 41 × 1399. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000000001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57358 (Lane, SD, 18 mi away) and 57361 (Marty, SD, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57359 becomes 95375 — and that is a real ZIP code: Strawberry, CA, 1,198 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35579, 35759, 35957, 35975, 39755, 53579, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95537 in Fields Landing, CA, 1,344 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯282 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57359 and you would come out at 43.90°S, 81.85°E — 667 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 153.9 square miles of land, 57359 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 117 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population652This ZIP652
Households234This ZIP234
Housing units287This ZIP287
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$106,818This ZIP$106,818South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$166,800This ZIP$166,800South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$764This ZIP$764South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.8%This ZIP29.8%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density4.2 / sq miThis ZIP4.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees46This ZIP46
Annual payroll$2,019,000This ZIP$2,019,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$24,438,000This ZIP$24,438,000

Land area

Land area153.91 sq miThis ZIP153.91 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 57359 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Sanborn County 76.2%
Aurora County 14.9%
Davison County 8.9%

Other place names in 57359

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ZIP codes near 57359

ZIPCityDistance
57385 Woonsocket, SD 12.4 mi
57314 Artesian, SD 13.1 mi
57301 Mitchell, SD 14.4 mi
57363 Mount Vernon, SD 16.1 mi
57340 Fulton, SD 16.9 mi
57358 Lane, SD 17.9 mi
57368 Plankinton, SD 19.0 mi
57337 Fedora, SD 19.8 mi
57312 Alpena, SD 23.1 mi
57311 Alexandria, SD 26.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57359?

57359 is in Letcher, South Dakota, in Sanborn County, part of the Mitchell, SD micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9025, -98.1544.

What county is 57359 in?

57359 spans 3 counties: Sanborn County, Aurora County and Davison County. Most of it falls in Sanborn 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 57359?

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

What time zone is 57359 in?

57359 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57359?

About 652 people live in ZIP code 57359, in 234 households, at 4.2 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 57359?

$106,818 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57359?

The closest are 57385 (12.4 mi), 57314 (13.1 mi), 57301 (14.4 mi), 57363 (16.1 mi) and 57340 (16.9 mi).

Is 57359 a PO Box ZIP code?

57359 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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