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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/81523

81523

ZIP 81523 is Glade Park, Colorado, in Mesa County; area code 970; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Mesa
Metro area
Grand Junction, CO
Population
983
Coordinates
38.9247, -108.8895
☼ Live from 81523 — Glade Park, CO

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Where 81523 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 81523
  • 🔢 Type 81523 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZSIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,523 = 13 × 6271. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011111001110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81522 (Gateway, CO, 17 mi away) and 81524 (Loma, CO, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81523 becomes 32518, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12538, 12583, 12835, 12853, 13825, 15238, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12538 in Hyde Park, NY, 1,840 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯554 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81523 and you would come out at 38.92°S, 71.11°E — 722 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 288.3 square miles of land, 81523 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 219 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population983This ZIP983
Households562This ZIP562
Housing units723This ZIP723
Median age65.5This ZIP65.5Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$106,518This ZIP$106,518Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$761,200This ZIP$761,200Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher38.7%This ZIP38.7%
Mean commute37.4 minThis ZIP37.4 min
Population density3.4 / sq miThis ZIP3.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees64This ZIP64
Annual payroll$2,207,000This ZIP$2,207,000

Land area

Land area288.29 sq miThis ZIP288.29 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

ZIP codes near 81523

ZIPCityDistance
81507 Grand Junction, CO 14.1 mi
81521 Fruita, CO 16.0 mi
81522 Gateway, CO 16.6 mi
81501 Grand Junction, CO 21.1 mi
81506 Grand Junction, CO 22.5 mi
81502 Grand Junction, CO 22.8 mi
81503 Grand Junction, CO 22.9 mi
81525 Mack, CO 23.5 mi
81527 Whitewater, CO 24.2 mi
84515 Cisco, UT 24.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81523?

81523 is in Glade Park, Colorado, in Mesa County, part of the Grand Junction, CO metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9247, -108.8895.

What county is 81523 in?

81523 lies in Mesa County.

What area code is 81523?

Glade Park uses area code 970, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 81523 in?

81523 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 81523?

About 983 people live in ZIP code 81523, in 562 households, at 3.4 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 81523?

$106,518 a year, against $95,470 across Colorado.

What ZIP codes are near 81523?

The closest are 81507 (14.1 mi), 81521 (16 mi), 81522 (16.6 mi), 81501 (21.1 mi) and 81506 (22.5 mi).

Is 81523 a PO Box ZIP code?

81523 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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