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57744

ZIP 57744 is Hermosa, South Dakota, mostly in Custer County; area code 605; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Custer +2 more
Metro area
Rapid City, SD
Population
2,421
Coordinates
43.7935, -103.0339
☼ Live from 57744 — Hermosa, SD

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Where 57744 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 57744
  • 🔢 Type 57744 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhLLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,744 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 401. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000110010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57741 (Fort Meade, SD, 48 mi away) and 57745 (Hill City, SD, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57744 becomes 44775, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (47457, 47547, 47574, 54747, 54774, 57474, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77454 in Lissie, TX, 1,053 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯357 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57744 and you would come out at 43.79°S, 76.97°E — 500 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 478.6 square miles of land, 57744 is bigger than 97% of ZIP codes — room for about 363 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,421This ZIP2,421
Households1,052This ZIP1,052
Housing units1,185This ZIP1,185
Median age52.2This ZIP52.2South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$106,250This ZIP$106,250South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$386,800This ZIP$386,800South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,375This ZIP$1,375South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.3%This ZIP39.3%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density5.1 / sq miThis ZIP5.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments61This ZIP61
Employees206This ZIP206
Annual payroll$7,144,000This ZIP$7,144,000
Tax returns filed1,290This ZIP1,290
Total adjusted gross income$109,868,000This ZIP$109,868,000

Land area

Land area478.58 sq miThis ZIP478.58 sq mi
Water area0.72 sq miThis ZIP0.72 sq mi

Counties 57744 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Custer County 63.6%
Pennington County 21.5%
Oglala Lakota County 14.9%

Other place names in 57744

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ZIP codes near 57744

ZIPCityDistance
57738 Fairburn, SD 9.8 mi
57703 Rapid City, SD 14.6 mi
57725 Caputa, SD 15.4 mi
57751 Keystone, SD 20.3 mi
57709 Rapid City, SD 24.1 mi
57701 Rapid City, SD 24.2 mi
57722 Buffalo Gap, SD 24.3 mi
57702 Rapid City, SD 25.1 mi
57706 Ellsworth Afb, SD 25.5 mi
57780 Scenic, SD 27.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57744?

57744 is in Hermosa, South Dakota, in Custer County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.7935, -103.0339.

What county is 57744 in?

57744 spans 3 counties: Custer County, Pennington County and Oglala Lakota County. Most of it falls in Custer 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 57744?

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

What time zone is 57744 in?

57744 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57744?

About 2,421 people live in ZIP code 57744, in 1,052 households, at 5.1 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 57744?

$106,250 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57744?

The closest are 57738 (9.8 mi), 57703 (14.6 mi), 57725 (15.4 mi), 57751 (20.3 mi) and 57709 (24.1 mi).

Is 57744 a PO Box ZIP code?

57744 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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