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80840

ZIP 80840 is in Usaf Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County; area code 719; Mountain time. Usaf Academy has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 80841.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
El Paso
Population
6,727
Coordinates
39.0001, -104.8645
☼ Live from 80840 — Usaf Academy, CO

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Where 80840 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 80840
  • 🔢 Type 80840 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhBOB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 80,840 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 43 × 47. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011101111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 80836 (Stratton, CO, 124 mi away) and 80841 (Usaf Academy, CO, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 80840 becomes 04808, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04088, 08048, 08084, 08804, 08840, 40808, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04088 in Waterford, ME, 1,787 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 82%.
  • 🎯340 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 80840 and you would come out at 39.00°S, 75.14°E — 755 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 23.5 square miles of land, 80840 is bigger than 41% of ZIP codes — room for about 18 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,727This ZIP6,727
Households706This ZIP706
Housing units722This ZIP722
Median age21.0This ZIP21.0Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$69,474This ZIP$69,474Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median gross rent$2,264This ZIP$2,264Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.0%This ZIP28.0%
Mean commute11.7 minThis ZIP11.7 min
Population density285.7 / sq miThis ZIP285.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees251This ZIP251
Annual payroll$17,513,000This ZIP$17,513,000
Tax returns filed1,030This ZIP1,030
Total adjusted gross income$52,529,000This ZIP$52,529,000

Land area

Land area23.55 sq miThis ZIP23.55 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 80840

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

ZIP codes near 80840

ZIPCityDistance
80921 Colorado Springs, CO 4.9 mi
80919 Colorado Springs, CO 5.1 mi
80920 Colorado Springs, CO 5.8 mi
80132 Monument, CO 6.0 mi
80918 Colorado Springs, CO 7.7 mi
80924 Colorado Springs, CO 7.9 mi
80819 Green Mountain Falls, CO 8.0 mi
80133 Palmer Lake, CO 8.1 mi
80907 Colorado Springs, CO 8.7 mi
80904 Colorado Springs, CO 9.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 80840?

80840 is in Usaf Academy, Colorado, in El Paso County, part of the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0001, -104.8645.

What county is 80840 in?

80840 lies in El Paso County.

What area code is 80840?

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

What time zone is 80840 in?

80840 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 80840?

About 6,727 people live in ZIP code 80840, in 706 households, at 285.7 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 80840?

$69,474 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 80840?

The closest are 80921 (4.9 mi), 80919 (5.1 mi), 80920 (5.8 mi), 80132 (6 mi) and 80918 (7.7 mi).

Is 80840 a PO Box ZIP code?

80840 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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