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81212

ZIP 81212 is in Canon City, Colorado, in Fremont County; area code 719; Mountain time. Canon City has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 81215.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Fremont
Metro area
Cañon City, CO
Population
32,292
Coordinates
38.5424, -105.4235
☼ Live from 81212 — Canon City, CO

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Where 81212 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 81212
  • 🔢 Type 81212 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIZIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,212 = 2 × 2 × 79 × 257. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011110100111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81211 (Buena Vista, CO, 60 mi away) and 81215 (Canon City, CO, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81212 becomes 21218 — and that is a real ZIP code: Baltimore, MD, 1,543 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11228, 12128, 12182, 12812, 12821, 18212, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12821 in Comstock, NY, 1,692 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 83%.
  • 🎯377 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81212 and you would come out at 38.54°S, 74.58°E — 777 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 28m.
  • 📏 At 672.0 square miles of land, 81212 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 510 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population32,292This ZIP32,292
Households11,739This ZIP11,739
Housing units12,909This ZIP12,909
Median age44.4This ZIP44.4Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$64,235This ZIP$64,235Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$329,000This ZIP$329,000Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,097This ZIP$1,097Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.1%This ZIP22.1%
Mean commute20.5 minThis ZIP20.5 min
Population density48.1 / sq miThis ZIP48.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments654This ZIP654
Employees7,013This ZIP7,013
Annual payroll$286,449,000This ZIP$286,449,000
Tax returns filed11,990This ZIP11,990
Total adjusted gross income$756,594,000This ZIP$756,594,000

Land area

Land area672.00 sq miThis ZIP672.00 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 81212

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

ZIP codes near 81212

ZIPCityDistance
81215 Canon City, CO 5.3 mi
81223 Cotopaxi, CO 16.0 mi
80820 Guffey, CO 18.0 mi
81244 Rockvale, CO 18.6 mi
81290 Florence, CO 19.6 mi
81221 Coal Creek, CO 19.6 mi
80860 Victor, CO 20.7 mi
81232 Hillside, CO 21.0 mi
81240 Penrose, CO 21.2 mi
81233 Howard, CO 21.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81212?

81212 is in Canon City, Colorado, in Fremont County, part of the Cañon City, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.5424, -105.4235.

What county is 81212 in?

81212 lies in Fremont County.

What area code is 81212?

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

What time zone is 81212 in?

81212 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 81212?

About 32,292 people live in ZIP code 81212, in 11,739 households, at 48.1 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 81212?

$64,235 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 81212?

The closest are 81215 (5.3 mi), 81223 (16 mi), 80820 (18 mi), 81244 (18.6 mi) and 81290 (19.6 mi).

Is 81212 a PO Box ZIP code?

81212 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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