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80438

ZIP 80438 is Empire, Colorado, in Clear Creek County; area code 970; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Clear Creek
Population
970
Coordinates
39.7443, -105.7963
☼ Live from 80438 — Empire, CO

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Where 80438 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 80438
  • 🔢 Type 80438 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEhOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,438 = 2 × 37 × 1087. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101000110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80437 (Evergreen, CO, 34 mi away) and 80439 (Evergreen, CO, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80438 becomes 83408, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03848, 03884, 08348, 08834, 38048, 38804, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03848 in Kingston, NH, 1,802 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯383 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80438 and you would come out at 39.74°S, 74.20°E — 692 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 55.5 square miles of land, 80438 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population970This ZIP970
Households542This ZIP542
Housing units599This ZIP599
Median age44.8This ZIP44.8Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$67,034This ZIP$67,034Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$355,600This ZIP$355,600Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,444This ZIP$1,444Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.8%This ZIP33.8%
Mean commute24.4 minThis ZIP24.4 min
Population density17.5 / sq miThis ZIP17.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees502This ZIP502
Annual payroll$61,071,000This ZIP$61,071,000

Land area

Land area55.54 sq miThis ZIP55.54 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Other place names in 80438

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ZIP codes near 80438

ZIPCityDistance
80476 Silver Plume, CO 5.5 mi
80444 Georgetown, CO 8.4 mi
80436 Dumont, CO 8.7 mi
80452 Idaho Springs, CO 10.8 mi
80482 Winter Park, CO 10.9 mi
80442 Fraser, CO 13.4 mi
80435 Dillon, CO 13.9 mi
80427 Central City, CO 14.9 mi
80422 Black Hawk, CO 15.8 mi
80474 Rollinsville, CO 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80438?

80438 is in Empire, Colorado, in Clear Creek County, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7443, -105.7963.

What county is 80438 in?

80438 lies in Clear Creek County.

What area code is 80438?

Empire uses area code 970, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80438 in?

80438 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80438?

About 970 people live in ZIP code 80438, in 542 households, at 17.5 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 80438?

$67,034 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 80438?

The closest are 80476 (5.5 mi), 80444 (8.4 mi), 80436 (8.7 mi), 80452 (10.8 mi) and 80482 (10.9 mi).

Is 80438 a PO Box ZIP code?

80438 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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