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57719

ZIP 57719 is Box Elder, South Dakota, mostly in Meade County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Upside down on a calculator, 57719 reads GILLS.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Meade +1 more
Metro area
Rapid City, SD
Population
12,221
Coordinates
44.2312, -102.9944
☼ Live from 57719 — Box Elder, SD

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Where 57719 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 57719
  • 🔢 Type 57719 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GILLS — a real word! rare
  • ➕ 57719 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000101110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57718 (Black Hawk, SD, 19 mi away) and 57720 (Buffalo, SD, 95 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57719 becomes 91775 — and that is a real ZIP code: San Gabriel, CA, 1,066 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15779, 17579, 17957, 57197, 57791, 59717, …). The farthest-flung twin is 17579 in Strasburg, PA, 1,399 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 57719 and you would come out at 44.23°S, 77.01°E — 477 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 167.4 square miles of land, 57719 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 127 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,221This ZIP12,221
Households4,547This ZIP4,547
Housing units5,020This ZIP5,020
Median age32.1This ZIP32.1South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$74,885This ZIP$74,885South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$317,300This ZIP$317,300South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,374This ZIP$1,374South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.9%This ZIP25.9%
Mean commute23.1 minThis ZIP23.1 min
Population density73.0 / sq miThis ZIP73.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments190This ZIP190
Employees995This ZIP995
Annual payroll$52,894,000This ZIP$52,894,000
Tax returns filed11,100This ZIP11,100
Total adjusted gross income$913,487,000This ZIP$913,487,000

Land area

Land area167.41 sq miThis ZIP167.41 sq mi
Water area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi

Counties 57719 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 76.5%
Pennington County 23.5%

Other place names in 57719

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ZIP codes near 57719

ZIPCityDistance
57706 Ellsworth Afb, SD 7.3 mi
57761 New Underwood, SD 10.3 mi
57701 Rapid City, SD 12.7 mi
57769 Piedmont, SD 14.6 mi
57785 Sturgis, SD 15.2 mi
57703 Rapid City, SD 15.8 mi
57718 Black Hawk, SD 19.0 mi
57709 Rapid City, SD 19.3 mi
57767 Owanka, SD 22.0 mi
57725 Caputa, SD 23.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57719?

57719 is in Box Elder, South Dakota, in Meade County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2312, -102.9944.

What county is 57719 in?

57719 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 57719?

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

What time zone is 57719 in?

57719 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57719?

About 12,221 people live in ZIP code 57719, in 4,547 households, at 73.0 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 57719?

$74,885 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57719?

The closest are 57706 (7.3 mi), 57761 (10.3 mi), 57701 (12.7 mi), 57769 (14.6 mi) and 57785 (15.2 mi).

Is 57719 a PO Box ZIP code?

57719 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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