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57428

ZIP 57428 is Bowdle, South Dakota, mostly in Edmunds County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Edmunds +1 more
Metro area
Aberdeen, SD
Population
567
Coordinates
45.4520, -99.6762
☼ Live from 57428 — Bowdle, SD

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Where 57428 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57428
  • 🔢 Type 57428 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BZhLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,428 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 7 × 293. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000001010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57427 (Bath, SD, 66 mi away) and 57429 (Brentford, SD, 70 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57428 becomes 82475, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24578, 24857, 27584, 27845, 28457, 28547, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28547 in Camp Lejeune, NC, 1,391 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 79%.
  • 🎯393 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57428 and you would come out at 45.45°S, 80.32°E — 543 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 42m.
  • 📏 At 193.6 square miles of land, 57428 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 147 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population567This ZIP567
Households229This ZIP229
Housing units316This ZIP316
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$64,375This ZIP$64,375South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$143,800This ZIP$143,800South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$783This ZIP$783South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.7%This ZIP24.7%
Mean commute10.5 minThis ZIP10.5 min
Population density2.9 / sq miThis ZIP2.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees261This ZIP261
Annual payroll$12,609,000This ZIP$12,609,000
Tax returns filed270This ZIP270
Total adjusted gross income$25,137,000This ZIP$25,137,000

Land area

Land area193.62 sq miThis ZIP193.62 sq mi
Water area4.27 sq miThis ZIP4.27 sq mi

Counties 57428 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Edmunds County 62.9%
Walworth County 37.1%

Other place names in 57428

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

ZIP codes near 57428

ZIPCityDistance
57452 Java, SD 10.5 mi
57475 Tolstoy, SD 16.0 mi
57448 Hosmer, SD 16.1 mi
57471 Roscoe, SD 17.7 mi
57450 Hoven, SD 18.3 mi
57466 Onaka, SD 20.6 mi
57472 Selby, SD 21.1 mi
57437 Eureka, SD 23.4 mi
57646 Mound City, SD 24.3 mi
57420 Akaska, SD 25.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57428?

57428 is in Bowdle, South Dakota, in Edmunds County, part of the Aberdeen, SD micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.4520, -99.6762.

What county is 57428 in?

57428 spans 2 counties: Edmunds County and Walworth County. Most of it falls in Edmunds 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 57428?

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

What time zone is 57428 in?

57428 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57428?

About 567 people live in ZIP code 57428, in 229 households, at 2.9 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 57428?

$64,375 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57428?

The closest are 57452 (10.5 mi), 57475 (16 mi), 57448 (16.1 mi), 57471 (17.7 mi) and 57450 (18.3 mi).

Is 57428 a PO Box ZIP code?

57428 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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