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57785

ZIP 57785 is Sturgis, 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
10,874
Coordinates
44.4025, -103.1888
☼ Live from 57785 — Sturgis, SD

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Where 57785 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 57785
  • 🔢 Type 57785 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBLLS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 57,785 = 5 × 7 × 13 × 127. Its digits add up to 32, a total 644 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110000110111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 57783 (Spearfish, SD, 37 mi away) and 57787 (Union Center, SD, 32 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 57785 becomes 58775 — and that is a real ZIP code: Roseglen, ND, 237 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (55787, 57758, 58577, 58757, 58775, 75758, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78575 in Olmito, TX, 1,308 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 81%.
  • 🎯394 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 57785 and you would come out at 44.40°S, 76.81°E — 462 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
  • 📏 At 570.2 square miles of land, 57785 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 433 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,874This ZIP10,874
Households4,461This ZIP4,461
Housing units4,947This ZIP4,947
Median age41.2This ZIP41.2South Dakota38.0US 38.9
Median household income$63,897This ZIP$63,897South Dakota$75,081US $80,734
Median home value$296,100This ZIP$296,100South Dakota$257,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$805This ZIP$805South Dakota$946US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute21.0 minThis ZIP21.0 min
Population density19.1 / sq miThis ZIP19.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments332This ZIP332
Employees2,580This ZIP2,580
Annual payroll$124,033,000This ZIP$124,033,000
Tax returns filed4,880This ZIP4,880
Total adjusted gross income$371,027,000This ZIP$371,027,000

Land area

Land area570.24 sq miThis ZIP570.24 sq mi
Water area2.43 sq miThis ZIP2.43 sq mi

Counties 57785 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 94.1%
Lawrence County 5.9%

Other place names in 57785

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ZIP codes near 57785

ZIPCityDistance
57769 Piedmont, SD 11.9 mi
57741 Fort Meade, SD 14.0 mi
57788 Vale, SD 14.8 mi
57719 Box Elder, SD 15.2 mi
57706 Ellsworth Afb, SD 17.4 mi
57718 Black Hawk, SD 18.3 mi
57701 Rapid City, SD 19.4 mi
57793 Whitewood, SD 21.0 mi
57759 Nemo, SD 21.8 mi
57761 New Underwood, SD 23.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 57785?

57785 is in Sturgis, South Dakota, in Meade County, part of the Rapid City, SD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.4025, -103.1888.

What county is 57785 in?

57785 spans 2 counties: Meade County and Lawrence 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 57785?

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

What time zone is 57785 in?

57785 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 57785?

About 10,874 people live in ZIP code 57785, in 4,461 households, at 19.1 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 57785?

$63,897 a year, against $75,081 across South Dakota.

What ZIP codes are near 57785?

The closest are 57769 (11.9 mi), 57741 (14 mi), 57788 (14.8 mi), 57719 (15.2 mi) and 57706 (17.4 mi).

Is 57785 a PO Box ZIP code?

57785 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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