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74801

ZIP 74801 is in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in Pottawatomie County; area codes 405 and 572; Central time. Shawnee has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 74802 and 74804.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pottawatomie
Metro area
Shawnee, OK
Population
21,967
Coordinates
35.3151, -96.9697
☼ Live from 74801 — Shawnee, OK

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Where 74801 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 74801
  • 🔢 Type 74801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBhL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 74,801 = 131 × 571. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010010000110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 74766 (Wright City, OK, 142 mi away) and 74802 (Shawnee, OK, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 74801 becomes 10847, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01748, 01784, 04781, 07184, 07418, 07481, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04781 in Wallagrass, ME, 1,672 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯324 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 74801 and you would come out at 35.32°S, 83.03°E — 1,166 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 74.1 square miles of land, 74801 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 56 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,967This ZIP21,967
Households8,396This ZIP8,396
Housing units9,837This ZIP9,837
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$55,077This ZIP$55,077Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$137,900This ZIP$137,900Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$875This ZIP$875Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.6%This ZIP21.6%
Mean commute22.5 minThis ZIP22.5 min
Population density296.5 / sq miThis ZIP296.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments386This ZIP386
Employees5,307This ZIP5,307
Annual payroll$204,630,000This ZIP$204,630,000
Tax returns filed8,260This ZIP8,260
Total adjusted gross income$473,551,000This ZIP$473,551,000

Land area

Land area74.09 sq miThis ZIP74.09 sq mi
Water area1.70 sq miThis ZIP1.70 sq mi

Other place names in 74801

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ZIP codes near 74801

ZIPCityDistance
74802 Shawnee, OK 2.6 mi
74873 Tecumseh, OK 5.7 mi
74804 Shawnee, OK 5.9 mi
74851 Mcloud, OK 9.9 mi
74840 Earlsboro, OK 11.3 mi
74857 Newalla, OK 13.1 mi
74852 Macomb, OK 13.4 mi
74855 Meeker, OK 14.2 mi
73045 Harrah, OK 16.7 mi
74818 Seminole, OK 18.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 74801?

74801 is in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in Pottawatomie County, part of the Shawnee, OK micropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3151, -96.9697.

What county is 74801 in?

74801 lies in Pottawatomie County.

What area code is 74801?

Shawnee uses area codes 405 and 572, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 74801 in?

74801 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 74801?

About 21,967 people live in ZIP code 74801, in 8,396 households, at 296.5 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 74801?

$55,077 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 74801?

The closest are 74802 (2.6 mi), 74873 (5.7 mi), 74804 (5.9 mi), 74851 (9.9 mi) and 74840 (11.3 mi).

Is 74801 a PO Box ZIP code?

74801 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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