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59762

ZIP 59762 is Wise River, Montana, mostly in Deer Lodge County; area code 406; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Deer Lodge +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
231
Coordinates
45.9486, -113.3336
☼ Live from 59762 — Wise River, MT

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Where 59762 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 59762
  • 🔢 Type 59762 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgLGS — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 59,762 = 2 × 29881. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110100101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 59761 (Wisdom, MT, 28 mi away) and 59771 (Bozeman, MT, 107 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 59762 becomes 26795, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25976, 27569, 27596, 27695, 27956, 27965, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96257 in APO AA, a military post office, 5,549 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 88%.
  • 🎯856 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 59762 and you would come out at 45.95°S, 66.67°E — 287 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 39m.
  • 📏 At 521.0 square miles of land, 59762 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 396 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population231This ZIP231
Households117This ZIP117
Housing units225This ZIP225
Median age60.8This ZIP60.8Montana40.4US 38.9
Median household income$61,125This ZIP$61,125Montana$72,509US $80,734
Median home value$386,700This ZIP$386,700Montana$375,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,075This ZIP$1,075Montana$1,081US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.0%This ZIP29.0%
Mean commute31.8 minThis ZIP31.8 min
Population density0.4 / sq miThis ZIP0.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees13This ZIP13
Annual payroll$1,084,000This ZIP$1,084,000
Tax returns filed120This ZIP120
Total adjusted gross income$12,533,000This ZIP$12,533,000

Land area

Land area521.02 sq miThis ZIP521.02 sq mi
Water area1.43 sq miThis ZIP1.43 sq mi

Counties 59762 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Deer Lodge County 56.0%
Beaverhead County 44.0%

Other place names in 59762

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

ZIP codes near 59762

ZIPCityDistance
59711 Anaconda, MT 13.7 mi
59871 Sula, MT 23.5 mi
59858 Philipsburg, MT 24.2 mi
59727 Divide, MT 26.3 mi
59761 Wisdom, MT 27.9 mi
59756 Warm Springs, MT 28.6 mi
59750 Butte, MT 31.2 mi
59748 Ramsay, MT 31.3 mi
59702 Butte, MT 33.6 mi
59703 Butte, MT 33.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 59762?

59762 is in Wise River, Montana, in Deer Lodge County. Its published point location is 45.9486, -113.3336.

What county is 59762 in?

59762 spans 2 counties: Deer Lodge County and Beaverhead County. Most of it falls in Deer Lodge 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 59762?

Wise River uses area code 406, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 59762 in?

59762 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 59762?

About 231 people live in ZIP code 59762, in 117 households, at 0.4 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 59762?

$61,125 a year, against $72,509 across Montana.

What ZIP codes are near 59762?

The closest are 59711 (13.7 mi), 59871 (23.5 mi), 59858 (24.2 mi), 59727 (26.3 mi) and 59761 (27.9 mi).

Is 59762 a PO Box ZIP code?

59762 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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