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90742

ZIP 90742 is Sunset Beach, California, in Orange County; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Orange
Population
405
Coordinates
33.7210, -118.0762
☼ Live from 90742 — Sunset Beach, CA

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Where 90742 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90742
  • 🔢 Type 90742 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhLOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,742 = 2 × 59 × 769. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110001001110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90740 (Seal Beach, CA, 2 mi away) and 90743 (Surfside, CA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90742 becomes 24709, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02479, 04927, 04972, 07924, 09472, 09724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09724 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,627 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 91%.
  • 🎯1,156 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90742 and you would come out at 33.72°S, 61.92°E — 971 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 0.172 square miles of land, 90742 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 83 football fields.
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People and housing

Population405This ZIP405
Households251This ZIP251
Housing units487This ZIP487
Median age52.5This ZIP52.5California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$122,250This ZIP$122,250California$99,122US $80,734
Median gross rent$2,410This ZIP$2,410California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher72.3%This ZIP72.3%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density2,354.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,354.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments42This ZIP42
Employees403This ZIP403
Annual payroll$18,638,000This ZIP$18,638,000

Land area

Land area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi
Water area0.37 sq miThis ZIP0.37 sq mi

Other place names in 90742

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ZIP codes near 90742

ZIPCityDistance
90743 Surfside, CA 1.1 mi
92649 Huntington Beach, CA 1.8 mi
90740 Seal Beach, CA 2.3 mi
92647 Huntington Beach, CA 3.9 mi
92605 Huntington Beach, CA 4.0 mi
90803 Long Beach, CA 4.0 mi
92648 Huntington Beach, CA 4.6 mi
90822 Long Beach, CA 4.7 mi
92684 Westminster, CA 4.9 mi
90840 Long Beach, CA 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90742?

90742 is in Sunset Beach, California, in Orange County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7210, -118.0762.

What county is 90742 in?

90742 lies in Orange County.

What time zone is 90742 in?

90742 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90742?

About 405 people live in ZIP code 90742, in 251 households, at 2,354.7 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 90742?

$122,250 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 90742?

The closest are 90743 (1.1 mi), 92649 (1.8 mi), 90740 (2.3 mi), 92647 (3.9 mi) and 92605 (4 mi).

Is 90742 a PO Box ZIP code?

90742 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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