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81502

ZIP 81502 is in Grand Junction, Colorado, in Mesa County; area code 970; Mountain time. Grand Junction has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Mesa
Metro area
Grand Junction, CO
Coordinates
39.0179, -108.4814

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 81503, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 81502 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 81502
  • 🔢 Type 81502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,502 = 2 × 40751. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011111001011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81501 (Grand Junction, CO, 5 mi away) and 81503 (Grand Junction, CO, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81502 becomes 20518, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02185, 02815, 05821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02185 in Braintree, MA, 1,958 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯531 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81502 and you would come out at 39.02°S, 71.52°E — 717 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.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees228This ZIP228
Annual payroll$15,887,000This ZIP$15,887,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 81502

ZIPCityDistance
81503 Grand Junction, CO 1.1 mi
81501 Grand Junction, CO 5.1 mi
81520 Clifton, CO 6.9 mi
81504 Grand Junction, CO 7.1 mi
81506 Grand Junction, CO 8.5 mi
81526 Palisade, CO 8.6 mi
81507 Grand Junction, CO 9.2 mi
81505 Grand Junction, CO 14.7 mi
81527 Whitewater, CO 15.2 mi
81643 Mesa, CO 19.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81502?

81502 is in Grand Junction, Colorado, in Mesa County, part of the Grand Junction, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0179, -108.4814.

What county is 81502 in?

81502 lies in Mesa County.

What area code is 81502?

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

What time zone is 81502 in?

81502 uses America/Denver.

What ZIP codes are near 81502?

The closest are 81503 (1.1 mi), 81501 (5.1 mi), 81520 (6.9 mi), 81504 (7.1 mi) and 81506 (8.5 mi).

Is 81502 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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