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80246

ZIP 80246 is in Denver, Colorado, mostly in Denver County; area codes 303, 720 and 983; Mountain time. Denver has 66 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Denver +1 more
Population
13,097
Coordinates
39.7052, -104.9307
☼ Live from 80246 — Denver, CO

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Where 80246 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 80246
  • 🔢 Type 80246 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghZOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,246 = 2 × 40123. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011100101110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80244 (Denver, CO, 4 mi away) and 80247 (Denver, CO, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80246 becomes 64208, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02468, 02648, 02864, 04268, 04286, 04628, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04628 in Dennysville, ME, 1,940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯337 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80246 and you would come out at 39.71°S, 75.07°E — 707 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 1.7 square miles of land, 80246 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,097This ZIP13,097
Households7,666This ZIP7,666
Housing units8,305This ZIP8,305
Median age32.5This ZIP32.5Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$67,235This ZIP$67,235Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$716,400This ZIP$716,400Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,739This ZIP$1,739Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher59.4%This ZIP59.4%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density7,837.8 / sq miThis ZIP7,837.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments845This ZIP845
Employees14,291This ZIP14,291
Annual payroll$905,653,000This ZIP$905,653,000
Tax returns filed7,810This ZIP7,810
Total adjusted gross income$981,915,000This ZIP$981,915,000

Land area

Land area1.67 sq miThis ZIP1.67 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 80246 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Denver County 66.0%
Arapahoe County 34.0%

Other place names in 80246

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

ZIP codes near 80246

ZIPCityDistance
80224 Denver, CO 1.6 mi
80262 Denver, CO 1.8 mi
80209 Denver, CO 1.9 mi
80206 Denver, CO 2.1 mi
80220 Denver, CO 2.1 mi
80222 Denver, CO 2.3 mi
80230 Denver, CO 2.4 mi
80210 Denver, CO 2.6 mi
80218 Denver, CO 2.8 mi
80247 Denver, CO 2.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80246?

80246 is in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7052, -104.9307.

What county is 80246 in?

80246 spans 2 counties: Denver County and Arapahoe County. Most of it falls in Denver 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 80246?

Denver uses area codes 303, 720 and 983, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80246 in?

80246 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80246?

About 13,097 people live in ZIP code 80246, in 7,666 households, at 7,837.8 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 80246?

$67,235 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 80246?

The closest are 80224 (1.6 mi), 80262 (1.8 mi), 80209 (1.9 mi), 80206 (2.1 mi) and 80220 (2.1 mi).

Is 80246 a PO Box ZIP code?

80246 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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