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57706

ZIP 57706 is Ellsworth Afb, South Dakota, mostly in Meade County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Meade +1 more
Metro area
Rapid City, SD
Population
2,787
Coordinates
44.1588, -103.1019
☼ Live from 57706 — Ellsworth Afb, SD

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Where 57706 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57706
  • 🔢 Type 57706 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOLLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,706 = 2 × 11 × 43 × 61. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000101101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57703 (Rapid City, SD, 11 mi away) and 57709 (Rapid City, SD, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57706 becomes 60775, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05677, 05767, 05776, 06757, 07657, 07675, …). The farthest-flung twin is 07756 in Ocean Grove, NJ, 1,506 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯379 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57706 and you would come out at 44.16°S, 76.90°E — 478 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 6.1 square miles of land, 57706 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,787This ZIP2,787
Households678This ZIP678
Housing units764This ZIP764
Median age21.7This ZIP21.7South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$57,162This ZIP$57,162South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,738This ZIP$1,738South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.9%This ZIP40.9%
Mean commute9.9 minThis ZIP9.9 min
Population density454.2 / sq miThis ZIP454.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees91This ZIP91
Annual payroll$5,536,000This ZIP$5,536,000
Tax returns filed1,110This ZIP1,110
Total adjusted gross income$44,341,000This ZIP$44,341,000

Land area

Land area6.14 sq miThis ZIP6.14 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 57706 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 93.4%
Pennington County 6.6%

Other place names in 57706

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ZIP codes near 57706

ZIPCityDistance
57701 Rapid City, SD 5.6 mi
57719 Box Elder, SD 7.3 mi
57769 Piedmont, SD 11.0 mi
57703 Rapid City, SD 11.1 mi
57709 Rapid City, SD 12.1 mi
57718 Black Hawk, SD 13.3 mi
57761 New Underwood, SD 16.4 mi
57785 Sturgis, SD 17.4 mi
57702 Rapid City, SD 17.9 mi
57725 Caputa, SD 22.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57706?

57706 is in Ellsworth Afb, South Dakota, in Meade County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1588, -103.1019.

What county is 57706 in?

57706 spans 2 counties: Meade County and Pennington County. Most of it falls in Meade 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 57706?

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

What time zone is 57706 in?

57706 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57706?

About 2,787 people live in ZIP code 57706, in 678 households, at 454.2 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 57706?

$57,162 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57706?

The closest are 57701 (5.6 mi), 57719 (7.3 mi), 57769 (11 mi), 57703 (11.1 mi) and 57709 (12.1 mi).

Is 57706 a PO Box ZIP code?

57706 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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