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81640

ZIP 81640 is Maybell, Colorado, in Moffat County; area code 970; Mountain time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Denver
County
Moffat
Population
209
Coordinates
40.6683, -108.5140
☼ Live from 81640 — Maybell, CO

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Where 81640 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 81640
  • 🔢 Type 81640 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhgIB — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 81,640 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 13 × 157. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10011111011101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 81639 (Hayden, CO, 67 mi away) and 81641 (Meeker, CO, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 81640 becomes 04618, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01468, 01864, 04681, 04861, 06418, 06481, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04681 in Stonington, ME, 2,028 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 85%.
  • 🎯527 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 81640 and you would come out at 40.67°S, 71.49°E — 603 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 2,226.7 square miles of land, 81640 is bigger than 99% of ZIP codes — room for about 1,690 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population209This ZIP209
Households80This ZIP80
Housing units114This ZIP114
Median age37.2This ZIP37.2Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median home value$564,800This ZIP$564,800Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher46.1%This ZIP46.1%
Population density0.1 / sq miThis ZIP0.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees5This ZIP5
Annual payroll$234,000This ZIP$234,000
Tax returns filed110This ZIP110
Total adjusted gross income$5,736,000This ZIP$5,736,000

Land area

Land area2,226.69 sq miThis ZIP2,226.69 sq mi
Water area4.81 sq miThis ZIP4.81 sq mi

Other place names in 81640

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

ZIP codes near 81640

ZIPCityDistance
81633 Dinosaur, CO 19.6 mi
81610 Dinosaur, CO 31.4 mi
84023 Dutch John, UT 40.2 mi
81625 Craig, CO 40.8 mi
84035 Jensen, UT 44.6 mi
81626 Craig, CO 51.9 mi
81638 Hamilton, CO 52.4 mi
81641 Meeker, CO 53.2 mi
82321 Baggs, WY 53.7 mi
84078 Vernal, UT 54.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 81640?

81640 is in Maybell, Colorado, in Moffat County, part of the Steamboat Springs, CO micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6683, -108.5140.

What county is 81640 in?

81640 lies in Moffat County.

What area code is 81640?

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

What time zone is 81640 in?

81640 uses America/Denver.

How many people live in 81640?

About 209 people live in ZIP code 81640, in 80 households, at 0.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 81640?

The closest are 81633 (19.6 mi), 81610 (31.4 mi), 84023 (40.2 mi), 81625 (40.8 mi) and 84035 (44.6 mi).

Is 81640 a PO Box ZIP code?

81640 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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