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Des Moines, IA 50311
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Windsor Heights, IA 50311
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The 50311 ZIP Code is centered1 in Polk County at latitude 41.604 and longitude -93.684 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Polk County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 50311 was 18,590 with 7,870 housing units; a land area land area of 3.66 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 5,080.15 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Windsor Heights, IA (1.4 miles WSW)
Crestwood, IA (1.4 miles W)
Clive, IA (1.9 miles W)
Urbandale, IA (1.9 miles NW)
West Des Moines, IA (2.4 miles SW)
Lovington, IA (2.7 miles N)
Des Moines, IA (3.9 miles E)
Ashawa, IA (4.3 miles WSW)
Millman, IA (4.3 miles S)
Johnston, IA (4.7 miles N)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Blue Bird Mobile Park, IA (1.4 miles WNW)
Andrew Mobile Home Park, IA (1.4 miles WNW)
Paradise Mobile Home Park, IA (1.4 miles WNW)
Rocklyn Mobile Home, IA (1.4 miles WNW)
Valley Junction, IA (2.7 miles SSW)
Western Village Mobile Home Park, IA (3.4 miles SW)
Radio City Mobile Home Park, IA (4.5 miles ENE)
Pine Grove Mobile Home Park, IA (4.5 miles ENE)
P and H Mobile Home Court, IA (6.1 miles SE)
Highview Mobile Home Park, IA (6.1 miles SE)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.