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57649

ZIP 57649 is Prairie City, South Dakota, mostly in Perkins County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Perkins +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
273
Coordinates
45.4887, -102.8489
☼ Live from 57649 — Prairie City, SD

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Where 57649 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57649
  • 🔢 Type 57649 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhgLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 57649 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000100110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57648 (Pollock, SD, 126 mi away) and 57650 (Ralph, SD, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57649 becomes 94675, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45679, 45697, 45769, 46759, 46795, 46957, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96754 in Kilauea, HI, 3,535 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯447 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57649 and you would come out at 45.49°S, 77.15°E — 419 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 536.9 square miles of land, 57649 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 408 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population273This ZIP273
Households100This ZIP100
Housing units124This ZIP124
Median age46.9This ZIP46.9South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$84,500This ZIP$84,500South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher10.6%This ZIP10.6%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density0.5 / sq miThis ZIP0.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed100This ZIP100
Total adjusted gross income$7,544,000This ZIP$7,544,000

Land area

Land area536.86 sq miThis ZIP536.86 sq mi
Water area2.74 sq miThis ZIP2.74 sq mi

Counties 57649 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Perkins County 75.6%
Harding County 24.3%

Other place names in 57649

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ZIP codes near 57649

ZIPCityDistance
57651 Reva, SD 9.0 mi
57620 Bison, SD 16.8 mi
57640 Lodgepole, SD 20.6 mi
57650 Ralph, SD 25.3 mi
57758 Mud Butte, SD 34.6 mi
57755 Ludlow, SD 35.6 mi
57720 Buffalo, SD 35.8 mi
57776 Redig, SD 36.4 mi
57644 Meadow, SD 36.6 mi
57638 Lemmon, SD 39.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57649?

57649 is in Prairie City, South Dakota, in Perkins County. Its published point location is 45.4887, -102.8489.

What county is 57649 in?

57649 spans 2 counties: Perkins County and Harding County. Most of it falls in Perkins 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 57649?

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

What time zone is 57649 in?

57649 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57649?

About 273 people live in ZIP code 57649, in 100 households, at 0.5 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 57649?

$84,500 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57649?

The closest are 57651 (9 mi), 57620 (16.8 mi), 57640 (20.6 mi), 57650 (25.3 mi) and 57758 (34.6 mi).

Is 57649 a PO Box ZIP code?

57649 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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