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73538

ZIP 73538 is Elgin, Oklahoma, in Comanche County; area code 580; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Comanche
Metro area
Lawton, OK
Population
7,128
Coordinates
34.7758, -98.3836
☼ Live from 73538 — Elgin, OK

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Where 73538 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 73538
  • 🔢 Type 73538 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BESEL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 73,538 = 2 × 83 × 443. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111101000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 73537 (Eldorado, OK, 77 mi away) and 73539 (Elmer, OK, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 73538 becomes 83537 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kendrick, ID, 1,249 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33578, 33587, 33758, 33785, 33857, 33875, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83537 in Kendrick, ID, 1,249 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯349 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 73538 and you would come out at 34.78°S, 81.62°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 81.0 square miles of land, 73538 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,128This ZIP7,128
Households2,395This ZIP2,395
Housing units2,622This ZIP2,622
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$91,324This ZIP$91,324Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$288,700This ZIP$288,700Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,177This ZIP$1,177Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.7%This ZIP34.7%
Mean commute27.7 minThis ZIP27.7 min
Population density88.0 / sq miThis ZIP88.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments104This ZIP104
Employees746This ZIP746
Annual payroll$24,515,000This ZIP$24,515,000
Tax returns filed3,030This ZIP3,030
Total adjusted gross income$218,830,000This ZIP$218,830,000

Land area

Land area80.97 sq miThis ZIP80.97 sq mi
Water area2.84 sq miThis ZIP2.84 sq mi

Other place names in 73538

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

ZIP codes near 73538

ZIPCityDistance
73507 Lawton, OK 6.1 mi
73557 Medicine Park, OK 7.3 mi
73503 Fort Sill, OK 8.9 mi
73006 Apache, OK 9.1 mi
73506 Lawton, OK 10.9 mi
73558 Meers, OK 11.1 mi
73541 Fletcher, OK 11.5 mi
73502 Lawton, OK 11.6 mi
73567 Sterling, OK 12.2 mi
73029 Cyril, OK 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 73538?

73538 is in Elgin, Oklahoma, in Comanche County, part of the Lawton, OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7758, -98.3836.

What county is 73538 in?

73538 lies in Comanche County.

What area code is 73538?

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

What time zone is 73538 in?

73538 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 73538?

About 7,128 people live in ZIP code 73538, in 2,395 households, at 88.0 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 73538?

$91,324 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 73538?

The closest are 73507 (6.1 mi), 73557 (7.3 mi), 73503 (8.9 mi), 73006 (9.1 mi) and 73506 (10.9 mi).

Is 73538 a PO Box ZIP code?

73538 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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