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73540

ZIP 73540 is Faxon, Oklahoma, mostly in Comanche County; area code 580; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Comanche +1 more
Metro area
Lawton, OK
Population
324
Coordinates
34.4671, -98.5609
☼ Live from 73540 — Faxon, OK

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Where 73540 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 73540
  • 🔢 Type 73540 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhSEL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 73,540 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 3677. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001111101000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 73539 (Elmer, OK, 41 mi away) and 73541 (Fletcher, OK, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 73540 becomes 04537 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boothbay, ME, 1,670 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03457, 03574, 03745, 03754, 04357, 04537, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04735 in Bridgewater, ME, 1,789 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 78%.
  • 🎯370 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 73540 and you would come out at 34.47°S, 81.44°E — 1,176 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 51m.
  • 📏 At 58.5 square miles of land, 73540 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population324This ZIP324
Households129This ZIP129
Housing units166This ZIP166
Median age51.7This ZIP51.7Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$86,458This ZIP$86,458Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$211,100This ZIP$211,100Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$525This ZIP$525Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.2%This ZIP28.2%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density5.5 / sq miThis ZIP5.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed200This ZIP200
Total adjusted gross income$12,332,000This ZIP$12,332,000

Land area

Land area58.48 sq miThis ZIP58.48 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Counties 73540 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Comanche County 96.7%
Cotton County 3.3%

Other place names in 73540

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

ZIP codes near 73540

ZIPCityDistance
73528 Chattanooga, OK 7.1 mi
73505 Lawton, OK 8.4 mi
73527 Cache, OK 8.4 mi
73543 Geronimo, OK 9.6 mi
73553 Loveland, OK 12.4 mi
73506 Lawton, OK 12.8 mi
73502 Lawton, OK 13.8 mi
73572 Walters, OK 14.9 mi
73503 Fort Sill, OK 15.4 mi
73552 Indiahoma, OK 15.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 73540?

73540 is in Faxon, Oklahoma, in Comanche County, part of the Lawton, OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.4671, -98.5609.

What county is 73540 in?

73540 spans 2 counties: Comanche County and Cotton County. Most of it falls in Comanche 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 73540?

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

What time zone is 73540 in?

73540 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 73540?

About 324 people live in ZIP code 73540, in 129 households, at 5.5 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 73540?

$86,458 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 73540?

The closest are 73528 (7.1 mi), 73505 (8.4 mi), 73527 (8.4 mi), 73543 (9.6 mi) and 73553 (12.4 mi).

Is 73540 a PO Box ZIP code?

73540 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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