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57701

ZIP 57701 is in Rapid City, South Dakota, mostly in Pennington County; area code 605; Mountain time. Rapid City has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 57702, 57703 and 57709.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Pennington +1 more
Metro area
Rapid City, SD
Population
45,795
Coordinates
44.1218, -103.2012
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Where 57701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57701
  • 🔢 Type 57701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,701 = 7 × 8243. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000101100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57661 (Whitehorse, SD, 135 mi away) and 57702 (Rapid City, SD, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57701 becomes 10775, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01757, 01775, 07175, 07715, 07751, 10577, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01757 in Milford, MA, 1,593 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯380 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57701 and you would come out at 44.12°S, 76.80°E — 477 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 52.2 square miles of land, 57701 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,795This ZIP45,795
Households18,803This ZIP18,803
Housing units20,748This ZIP20,748
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$56,461This ZIP$56,461South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$251,200This ZIP$251,200South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$961This ZIP$961South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.6%This ZIP28.6%
Mean commute17.2 minThis ZIP17.2 min
Population density877.1 / sq miThis ZIP877.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,957This ZIP1,957
Employees30,311This ZIP30,311
Annual payroll$1,447,890,000This ZIP$1,447,890,000
Tax returns filed21,030This ZIP21,030
Total adjusted gross income$1,308,872,000This ZIP$1,308,872,000

Land area

Land area52.21 sq miThis ZIP52.21 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Counties 57701 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pennington County 64.3%
Meade County 35.7%

Other place names in 57701

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

ZIP codes near 57701

ZIPCityDistance
57706 Ellsworth Afb, SD 5.6 mi
57709 Rapid City, SD 6.6 mi
57718 Black Hawk, SD 9.0 mi
57769 Piedmont, SD 9.6 mi
57703 Rapid City, SD 11.3 mi
57702 Rapid City, SD 12.3 mi
57719 Box Elder, SD 12.7 mi
57759 Nemo, SD 19.1 mi
57785 Sturgis, SD 19.4 mi
57751 Keystone, SD 20.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57701?

57701 is in Rapid City, South Dakota, in Pennington County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1218, -103.2012.

What county is 57701 in?

57701 spans 2 counties: Pennington County and Meade County. Most of it falls in Pennington 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 57701?

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

What time zone is 57701 in?

57701 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57701?

About 45,795 people live in ZIP code 57701, in 18,803 households, at 877.1 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 57701?

$56,461 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57701?

The closest are 57706 (5.6 mi), 57709 (6.6 mi), 57718 (9 mi), 57769 (9.6 mi) and 57703 (11.3 mi).

Is 57701 a PO Box ZIP code?

57701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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