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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/92255

92255

ZIP 92255 is in Palm Desert, California, in Riverside County; area codes 760 and 442; Pacific time. Palm Desert has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 92211, 92260 and 92261.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Riverside
Coordinates
33.7225, -116.3770

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 92260, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 92255 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 92255
  • 🔢 Type 92255 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSZZG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 92,255 = 5 × 18451. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110100001011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 92254 (Mecca, CA, 25 mi away) and 92256 (Morongo Valley, CA, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 92255 becomes 55229, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25259, 25529, 29525, 55922, 59225, 59252, …). The farthest-flung twin is 29525 in Clio, SC, 2,097 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 89%.
  • 🎯1,069 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 92255 and you would come out at 33.72°S, 63.62°E — 1,009 miles from Port Louis, Mauritius, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees27This ZIP27
Annual payroll$1,376,000This ZIP$1,376,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 92255

ZIPCityDistance
92260 Palm Desert, CA 2.4 mi
92210 Indian Wells, CA 3.1 mi
92211 Palm Desert, CA 3.9 mi
92270 Rancho Mirage, CA 4.2 mi
92261 Palm Desert, CA 4.7 mi
92247 La Quinta, CA 5.8 mi
92248 La Quinta, CA 5.8 mi
92235 Cathedral City, CA 6.4 mi
92253 La Quinta, CA 6.7 mi
92264 Palm Springs, CA 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 92255?

92255 is in Palm Desert, California, in Riverside County, part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7225, -116.3770.

What county is 92255 in?

92255 lies in Riverside County.

What area code is 92255?

Palm Desert uses area codes 760 and 442, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 92255 in?

92255 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 92255?

The closest are 92260 (2.4 mi), 92210 (3.1 mi), 92211 (3.9 mi), 92270 (4.2 mi) and 92261 (4.7 mi).

Is 92255 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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