Weather right now
Asking the National Weather Service…
Where 83808 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 83808 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOBEB — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 83,808 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 97. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
10100011101100000 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 83806 (Bovill, ID, 34 mi away) and 83809 (Careywood, ID, 57 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 83808 becomes 80838, which is not a ZIP code at all.
- 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (38088, 38880, 88038). The farthest-flung twin is 38880 in Wheeler, MS, 1,668 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther north than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 89%.
- 🎯1,013 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 83808 and you would come out at 47.32°S, 63.94°E — 321 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 28m.
- 📏 At 189.7 square miles of land, 83808 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 144 Central Parks.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 132This ZIP132 |
|---|---|
| Households | 56This ZIP56 |
| Housing units | 102This ZIP102 |
| Median age | 67.5This ZIP67.5Idaho37.3US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 29.0%This ZIP29.0% |
| Mean commute | 54.3 minThis ZIP54.3 min |
| Population density | 0.7 / sq miThis ZIP0.7 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 189.70 sq miThis ZIP189.70 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.75 sq miThis ZIP0.75 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 83808
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
83850 | Pinehurst, ID | 10.8 mi |
83867 | Silverton, ID | 13.9 mi |
83837 | Kellogg, ID | 14.4 mi |
83868 | Smelterville, ID | 14.6 mi |
83849 | Osburn, ID | 15.4 mi |
83846 | Mullan, ID | 19.2 mi |
83873 | Wallace, ID | 20.9 mi |
83802 | Avery, ID | 21.1 mi |
83866 | Santa, ID | 21.5 mi |
83830 | Fernwood, ID | 21.5 mi |
Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 83808 →
Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 83808?
83808 is in Calder, Idaho, in Shoshone County. Its published point location is 47.3206, -116.0644.
What county is 83808 in?
83808 lies in Shoshone County.
What area code is 83808?
Calder uses area codes 208 and 986, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 83808 in?
83808 uses America/Los_Angeles.
How many people live in 83808?
About 132 people live in ZIP code 83808, in 56 households, at 0.7 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 83808?
The closest are 83850 (10.8 mi), 83867 (13.9 mi), 83837 (14.4 mi), 83868 (14.6 mi) and 83849 (15.4 mi).
Is 83808 a PO Box ZIP code?
83808 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
Download or cite
Cite this page
zipcodes.pro. “83808 ZIP Code — Calder, Idaho (Shoshone County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/83808
Machine-readable version of these facts:
curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/83808.jsonUnderlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.