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57449

ZIP 57449 is Houghton, South Dakota, in Brown County; area code 605; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Brown
Metro area
Aberdeen, SD
Population
357
Coordinates
45.7265, -98.1762
☼ Live from 57449 — Houghton, SD

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Where 57449 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57449
  • 🔢 Type 57449 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhhLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,449 = 7 × 29 × 283. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000001101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57448 (Hosmer, SD, 61 mi away) and 57450 (Hoven, SD, 88 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57449 becomes 94475, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45479, 47459, 47549, 47954, 49457, 49745, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94547 in Hercules, CA, 1,342 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 93% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 77%.
  • 🎯408 miles north of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57449 and you would come out at 45.73°S, 81.82°E — 596 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 40m.
  • 📏 At 83.2 square miles of land, 57449 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 63 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population357This ZIP357
Households110This ZIP110
Housing units144This ZIP144
Median age37.6This ZIP37.6South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$150,000This ZIP$150,000South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher19.8%This ZIP19.8%
Mean commute19.0 minThis ZIP19.0 min
Population density4.3 / sq miThis ZIP4.3 / sq mi

Land area

Land area83.22 sq miThis ZIP83.22 sq mi
Water area3.36 sq miThis ZIP3.36 sq mi

ZIP codes near 57449

ZIPCityDistance
57432 Claremont, SD 7.6 mi
57433 Columbia, SD 9.3 mi
57446 Hecla, SD 10.0 mi
57402 Aberdeen, SD 12.7 mi
57421 Amherst, SD 13.1 mi
57426 Barnard, SD 15.3 mi
57441 Frederick, SD 17.7 mi
57445 Groton, SD 18.3 mi
57427 Bath, SD 18.3 mi
57454 Langford, SD 21.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57449?

57449 is in Houghton, South Dakota, in Brown County, part of the Aberdeen, SD micropolitan area. Its published point location is 45.7265, -98.1762.

What county is 57449 in?

57449 lies in Brown County.

What area code is 57449?

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

What time zone is 57449 in?

57449 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 57449?

About 357 people live in ZIP code 57449, in 110 households, at 4.3 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 57449?

$150,000 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57449?

The closest are 57432 (7.6 mi), 57433 (9.3 mi), 57446 (10 mi), 57402 (12.7 mi) and 57421 (13.1 mi).

Is 57449 a PO Box ZIP code?

57449 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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