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73505

ZIP 73505 is in Lawton, Oklahoma, in Comanche County; area code 580; Central time. Lawton has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 73501, 73502, 73506 and 73507.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Comanche
Metro area
Lawton, OK
Population
47,790
Coordinates
34.5728, -98.4879
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Where 73505 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 73505
  • 🔢 Type 73505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOSEL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 73,505 = 5 × 61 × 241. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111100100001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 73503 (Fort Sill, OK, 8 mi away) and 73506 (Lawton, OK, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 73505 becomes 50537, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03575, 03755, 05357, 05735, 05753, 30557, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03575 in Bretton Woods, NH, 1,584 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯363 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 73505 and you would come out at 34.57°S, 81.51°E — 1,171 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 50m.
  • 📏 At 64.6 square miles of land, 73505 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 49 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population47,790This ZIP47,790
Households19,218This ZIP19,218
Housing units22,194This ZIP22,194
Median age34.2This ZIP34.2Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$58,272This ZIP$58,272Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$158,200This ZIP$158,200Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$952This ZIP$952Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.2%This ZIP25.2%
Mean commute17.0 minThis ZIP17.0 min
Population density739.8 / sq miThis ZIP739.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments831This ZIP831
Employees16,907This ZIP16,907
Annual payroll$770,883,000This ZIP$770,883,000
Tax returns filed19,540This ZIP19,540
Total adjusted gross income$1,102,913,000This ZIP$1,102,913,000

Land area

Land area64.60 sq miThis ZIP64.60 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 73505

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ZIP codes near 73505

ZIPCityDistance
73506 Lawton, OK 4.4 mi
73502 Lawton, OK 6.1 mi
73503 Fort Sill, OK 7.6 mi
73527 Cache, OK 7.7 mi
73540 Faxon, OK 8.4 mi
73543 Geronimo, OK 8.9 mi
73507 Lawton, OK 10.8 mi
73557 Medicine Park, OK 11.0 mi
73501 Lawton, OK 11.3 mi
73538 Elgin, OK 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 73505?

73505 is in Lawton, Oklahoma, in Comanche County, part of the Lawton, OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.5728, -98.4879.

What county is 73505 in?

73505 lies in Comanche County.

What area code is 73505?

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

What time zone is 73505 in?

73505 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 73505?

About 47,790 people live in ZIP code 73505, in 19,218 households, at 739.8 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 73505?

$58,272 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 73505?

The closest are 73506 (4.4 mi), 73502 (6.1 mi), 73503 (7.6 mi), 73527 (7.7 mi) and 73540 (8.4 mi).

Is 73505 a PO Box ZIP code?

73505 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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