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80808

ZIP 80808 is Calhan, Colorado, mostly in El Paso County; area code 719; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso +1 more
Population
6,521
Coordinates
39.0082, -104.3035
☼ Live from 80808 — Calhan, CO

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Where 80808 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 80808
  • 🔢 Type 80808 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOBOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆80808 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,808 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 13 × 37. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101110101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80807 (Burlington, CO, 114 mi away) and 80809 (Cascade, CO, 39 mi away).
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08088, 08808, 08880, 88008). The farthest-flung twin is 08880 in South Bound Brook, NJ, 1,577 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯311 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80808 and you would come out at 39.01°S, 75.70°E — 764 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 390.9 square miles of land, 80808 is bigger than 96% of ZIP codes — room for about 297 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,521This ZIP6,521
Households2,564This ZIP2,564
Housing units2,736This ZIP2,736
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$85,500This ZIP$85,500Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$411,100This ZIP$411,100Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$959This ZIP$959Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.2%This ZIP20.2%
Mean commute38.8 minThis ZIP38.8 min
Population density16.7 / sq miThis ZIP16.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments122This ZIP122
Employees600This ZIP600
Annual payroll$27,933,000This ZIP$27,933,000
Tax returns filed3,080This ZIP3,080
Total adjusted gross income$201,381,000This ZIP$201,381,000

Land area

Land area390.87 sq miThis ZIP390.87 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Counties 80808 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
El Paso County 83.7%
Elbert County 16.3%

Other place names in 80808

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

ZIP codes near 80808

ZIPCityDistance
80831 Peyton, CO 10.7 mi
80106 Elbert, CO 16.8 mi
80930 Colorado Springs, CO 17.8 mi
80927 Colorado Springs, CO 19.9 mi
80938 Colorado Springs, CO 20.2 mi
80929 Colorado Springs, CO 20.7 mi
80835 Simla, CO 20.9 mi
80908 Colorado Springs, CO 20.9 mi
80951 Colorado Springs, CO 21.0 mi
80939 Colorado Springs, CO 22.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80808?

80808 is in Calhan, Colorado, in El Paso County, part of the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0082, -104.3035.

What county is 80808 in?

80808 spans 2 counties: El Paso County and Elbert County. Most of it falls in El Paso 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 80808?

Calhan uses area code 719, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 80808 in?

80808 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80808?

About 6,521 people live in ZIP code 80808, in 2,564 households, at 16.7 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 80808?

$85,500 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 80808?

The closest are 80831 (10.7 mi), 80106 (16.8 mi), 80930 (17.8 mi), 80927 (19.9 mi) and 80938 (20.2 mi).

Is 80808 a PO Box ZIP code?

80808 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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