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74831

ZIP 74831 is Byars, Oklahoma, mostly in McClain County; area code 405; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
McClain +2 more
Metro area
Oklahoma City, OK
Population
743
Coordinates
34.8942, -97.0344
☼ Live from 74831 — Byars, OK

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Where 74831 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 74831
  • 🔢 Type 74831 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEBhL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 74831 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010010001001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 74830 (Bowlegs, OK, 27 mi away) and 74832 (Carney, OK, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 74831 becomes 13847 — and that is a real ZIP code: Trout Creek, NY, 1,275 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13478, 13748, 13784, 13847, 14738, 14783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13478 in Verona, NY, 1,280 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 74%.
  • 🎯351 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 74831 and you would come out at 34.89°S, 82.97°E — 1,190 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 69.7 square miles of land, 74831 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population743This ZIP743
Households278This ZIP278
Housing units356This ZIP356
Median age50.3This ZIP50.3Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$58,750This ZIP$58,750Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$136,800This ZIP$136,800Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$597This ZIP$597Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.5%This ZIP15.5%
Mean commute22.4 minThis ZIP22.4 min
Population density10.7 / sq miThis ZIP10.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees37This ZIP37
Annual payroll$1,219,000This ZIP$1,219,000
Tax returns filed340This ZIP340
Total adjusted gross income$18,204,000This ZIP$18,204,000

Land area

Land area69.71 sq miThis ZIP69.71 sq mi
Water area1.62 sq miThis ZIP1.62 sq mi

Counties 74831 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
McClain County 86.9%
Pontotoc County 7.4%
Garvin County 5.8%

Other place names in 74831

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ZIP codes near 74831

ZIPCityDistance
74878 Wanette, OK 7.9 mi
74872 Stratford, OK 8.9 mi
74826 Asher, OK 12.1 mi
73074 Paoli, OK 14.2 mi
73095 Wayne, OK 14.2 mi
73075 Pauls Valley, OK 15.1 mi
73051 Lexington, OK 15.3 mi
74852 Macomb, OK 15.9 mi
74866 Saint Louis, OK 15.9 mi
74849 Konawa, OK 17.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 74831?

74831 is in Byars, Oklahoma, in McClain County, part of the Oklahoma City, OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8942, -97.0344.

What county is 74831 in?

74831 spans 3 counties: McClain County, Pontotoc County and Garvin County. Most of it falls in McClain 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 74831?

Byars uses area code 405, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 74831 in?

74831 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 74831?

About 743 people live in ZIP code 74831, in 278 households, at 10.7 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 74831?

$58,750 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 74831?

The closest are 74878 (7.9 mi), 74872 (8.9 mi), 74826 (12.1 mi), 73074 (14.2 mi) and 73095 (14.2 mi).

Is 74831 a PO Box ZIP code?

74831 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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