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63656

ZIP 63656 is Middle Brook, Missouri, mostly in Iron County; area code 573; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Iron +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
576
Coordinates
37.5966, -90.7928
☼ Live from 63656 — Middle Brook, MO

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Where 63656 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 63656
  • 🔢 Type 63656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgEg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 63,656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 73 × 109. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111100010101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 63655 (Marquand, MO, 36 mi away) and 63660 (Mineral Point, MO, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 63656 becomes 65636 — and that is a real ZIP code: Diggins, MO, 117 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (56636, 56663, 63566, 63665, 65636, 65663, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56663 in Pennington, MN, 709 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 58%.
  • 🎯447 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 63656 and you would come out at 37.60°S, 89.21°E — 1,245 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 70.4 square miles of land, 63656 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population576This ZIP576
Households271This ZIP271
Housing units351This ZIP351
Median age54.3This ZIP54.3Missouri39.0US 38.9
Median household income$47,181This ZIP$47,181Missouri$70,702US $80,734
Median home value$101,900This ZIP$101,900Missouri$230,300US $332,700
Median gross rent$525This ZIP$525Missouri$1,033US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.6%This ZIP13.6%
Mean commute40.8 minThis ZIP40.8 min
Population density8.2 / sq miThis ZIP8.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees4This ZIP4
Annual payroll$298,000This ZIP$298,000
Tax returns filed230This ZIP230
Total adjusted gross income$10,205,000This ZIP$10,205,000

Land area

Land area70.38 sq miThis ZIP70.38 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Counties 63656 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Iron County 50.9%
Reynolds County 49.1%

ZIP codes near 63656

ZIPCityDistance
63663 Pilot Knob, MO 8.2 mi
63654 Lesterville, MO 8.3 mi
63623 Belleview, MO 8.4 mi
63650 Ironton, MO 8.9 mi
63631 Caledonia, MO 10.9 mi
63625 Black, MO 11.4 mi
63624 Bismarck, MO 14.0 mi
63622 Belgrade, MO 14.8 mi
63621 Arcadia, MO 15.0 mi
63648 Irondale, MO 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 63656?

63656 is in Middle Brook, Missouri, in Iron County. Its published point location is 37.5966, -90.7928.

What county is 63656 in?

63656 spans 2 counties: Iron County and Reynolds County. Most of it falls in Iron 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 63656?

Middle Brook uses area code 573, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 63656 in?

63656 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 63656?

About 576 people live in ZIP code 63656, in 271 households, at 8.2 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 63656?

$47,181 a year, against $70,702 across Missouri.

What ZIP codes are near 63656?

The closest are 63663 (8.2 mi), 63654 (8.3 mi), 63623 (8.4 mi), 63650 (8.9 mi) and 63631 (10.9 mi).

Is 63656 a PO Box ZIP code?

63656 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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