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80831

ZIP 80831 is Peyton, Colorado, mostly in El Paso County; area code 719; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso +1 more
Population
33,912
Coordinates
38.9811, -104.4999
☼ Live from 80831 — Peyton, CO

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Where 80831 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 80831
  • 🔢 Type 80831 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IEBOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 80831 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101110111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80830 (Matheson, CO, 33 mi away) and 80832 (Ramah, CO, 40 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80831 becomes 13808 — and that is a real ZIP code: Morris, NY, 1,542 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03818, 08318, 08831, 13088, 13808, 18038, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03818 in Conway, NH, 1,742 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯321 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80831 and you would come out at 38.98°S, 75.50°E — 762 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
  • 📏 At 188.6 square miles of land, 80831 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 143 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population33,912This ZIP33,912
Households11,332This ZIP11,332
Housing units11,817This ZIP11,817
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$132,467This ZIP$132,467Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$548,800This ZIP$548,800Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,411This ZIP$2,411Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.3%This ZIP38.3%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density179.8 / sq miThis ZIP179.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments555This ZIP555
Employees3,675This ZIP3,675
Annual payroll$153,041,000This ZIP$153,041,000
Tax returns filed16,350This ZIP16,350
Total adjusted gross income$1,509,232,000This ZIP$1,509,232,000

Land area

Land area188.60 sq miThis ZIP188.60 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 80831 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
El Paso County 94.9%
Elbert County 5.1%

Other place names in 80831

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

ZIP codes near 80831

ZIPCityDistance
80927 Colorado Springs, CO 9.3 mi
80938 Colorado Springs, CO 9.9 mi
80808 Calhan, CO 10.7 mi
80951 Colorado Springs, CO 11.0 mi
80908 Colorado Springs, CO 11.2 mi
80924 Colorado Springs, CO 12.0 mi
80939 Colorado Springs, CO 12.1 mi
80923 Colorado Springs, CO 12.1 mi
80930 Colorado Springs, CO 12.2 mi
80929 Colorado Springs, CO 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80831?

80831 is in Peyton, Colorado, in El Paso County, part of the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9811, -104.4999.

What county is 80831 in?

80831 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 80831?

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

What time zone is 80831 in?

80831 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80831?

About 33,912 people live in ZIP code 80831, in 11,332 households, at 179.8 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 80831?

$132,467 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 80831?

The closest are 80927 (9.3 mi), 80938 (9.9 mi), 80808 (10.7 mi), 80951 (11 mi) and 80908 (11.2 mi).

Is 80831 a PO Box ZIP code?

80831 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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