Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/74936

74936

ZIP 74936 is Gans, Oklahoma, in Sequoyah County; area codes 918 and 539; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Sequoyah
Metro area
Fort Smith, AR-OK
Population
1,330
Coordinates
35.3954, -94.7279
☼ Live from 74936 — Gans, OK

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 74936 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 74936
  • 🔢 Type 74936 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEGhL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 74,936 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 19 × 29. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010010010111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 74935 (Fanshawe, OK, 32 mi away) and 74937 (Heavener, OK, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 74936 becomes 63947, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 44 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34679, 34697, 34769, 36749, 37694, 39476, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96374 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,355 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 68%.
  • 🎯372 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 74936 and you would come out at 35.40°S, 85.27°E — 1,228 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
  • 📏 At 25.3 square miles of land, 74936 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 74936 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population1,330This ZIP1,330
Households474This ZIP474
Housing units572This ZIP572
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2Oklahoma37.0US 38.9
Median household income$56,336This ZIP$56,336Oklahoma$65,039US $80,734
Median home value$146,000This ZIP$146,000Oklahoma$199,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$793This ZIP$793Oklahoma$1,014US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.0%This ZIP16.0%
Mean commute30.9 minThis ZIP30.9 min
Population density52.7 / sq miThis ZIP52.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees35This ZIP35
Annual payroll$1,120,000This ZIP$1,120,000
Tax returns filed440This ZIP440
Total adjusted gross income$17,961,000This ZIP$17,961,000

Land area

Land area25.26 sq miThis ZIP25.26 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Other place names in 74936

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

ZIP codes near 74936

ZIPCityDistance
74955 Sallisaw, OK 7.5 mi
74948 Muldrow, OK 10.3 mi
74959 Spiro, OK 10.4 mi
74941 Keota, OK 12.2 mi
74954 Roland, OK 13.4 mi
74945 Marble City, OK 14.0 mi
74901 Arkoma, OK 14.4 mi
74930 Bokoshe, OK 14.8 mi
74946 Moffett, OK 15.5 mi
74962 Vian, OK 15.8 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 74936 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 74936?

74936 is in Gans, Oklahoma, in Sequoyah County, part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.3954, -94.7279.

What county is 74936 in?

74936 lies in Sequoyah County.

What area code is 74936?

Gans uses area codes 918 and 539, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 74936 in?

74936 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 74936?

About 1,330 people live in ZIP code 74936, in 474 households, at 52.7 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 74936?

$56,336 a year, against $65,039 across Oklahoma.

What ZIP codes are near 74936?

The closest are 74955 (7.5 mi), 74948 (10.3 mi), 74959 (10.4 mi), 74941 (12.2 mi) and 74954 (13.4 mi).

Is 74936 a PO Box ZIP code?

74936 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “74936 ZIP Code — Gans, Oklahoma (Sequoyah County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/74936

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/74936.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.