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73557

ZIP 73557 is Medicine Park, Oklahoma, in Comanche County; area code 580; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Comanche
Metro area
Lawton, OK
Population
261
Coordinates
34.7310, -98.5008
☼ Live from 73557 — Medicine Park, OK

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Where 73557 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 73557
  • 🔢 Type 73557 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSSEL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 73,557 = 3 × 3 × 11 × 743. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 73556 (Martha, OK, 50 mi away) and 73558 (Meers, OK, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 73557 becomes 75537, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35577, 35757, 35775, 37755, 53577, 55377, …). The farthest-flung twin is 37755 in Helenwood, TN, 793 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯352 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 73557 and you would come out at 34.73°S, 81.50°E — 1,161 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 0.912 square miles of land, 73557 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 441 football fields.
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People and housing

Population261This ZIP261
Households134This ZIP134
Housing units247This ZIP247
Median age50.0This ZIP50.0Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$118,056This ZIP$118,056Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$326,500This ZIP$326,500Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,375This ZIP$1,375Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.1%This ZIP51.1%
Mean commute28.4 minThis ZIP28.4 min
Population density286.2 / sq miThis ZIP286.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees269This ZIP269
Annual payroll$9,614,000This ZIP$9,614,000

Land area

Land area0.91 sq miThis ZIP0.91 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 73557

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ZIP codes near 73557

ZIPCityDistance
73507 Lawton, OK 1.5 mi
73503 Fort Sill, OK 3.4 mi
73558 Meers, OK 5.7 mi
73538 Elgin, OK 7.3 mi
73506 Lawton, OK 7.3 mi
73502 Lawton, OK 10.5 mi
73505 Lawton, OK 11.0 mi
73527 Cache, OK 12.6 mi
73006 Apache, OK 13.4 mi
73552 Indiahoma, OK 16.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 73557?

73557 is in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, in Comanche County, part of the Lawton, OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7310, -98.5008.

What county is 73557 in?

73557 lies in Comanche County.

What area code is 73557?

Medicine Park uses area code 580, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 73557 in?

73557 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 73557?

About 261 people live in ZIP code 73557, in 134 households, at 286.2 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 73557?

$118,056 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 73557?

The closest are 73507 (1.5 mi), 73503 (3.4 mi), 73558 (5.7 mi), 73538 (7.3 mi) and 73506 (7.3 mi).

Is 73557 a PO Box ZIP code?

73557 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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