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92840

ZIP 92840 is in Garden Grove, California, in Orange County; area codes 714 and 657; Pacific time. Garden Grove has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Orange
Population
54,534
Coordinates
33.7872, -117.9319
☼ Live from 92840 — Garden Grove, CA

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Where 92840 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.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 92840
  • 🔢 Type 92840 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhBZG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 92,840 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 11 × 211. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110101010101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 92838 (Fullerton, CA, 7 mi away) and 92841 (Garden Grove, CA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 92840 becomes 04829, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02894, 04289, 04928, 04982, 09248, 09824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09824 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,252 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 91%.
  • 🎯1,146 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 92840 and you would come out at 33.79°S, 62.07°E — 979 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 5.2 square miles of land, 92840 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population54,534This ZIP54,534
Households15,789This ZIP15,789
Housing units16,762This ZIP16,762
Median age39.4This ZIP39.4California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$98,881This ZIP$98,881California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$789,700This ZIP$789,700California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,962This ZIP$1,962California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.6%This ZIP27.6%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density10,578.9 / sq miThis ZIP10,578.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments844This ZIP844
Employees9,589This ZIP9,589
Annual payroll$403,469,000This ZIP$403,469,000
Tax returns filed26,110This ZIP26,110
Total adjusted gross income$1,483,544,000This ZIP$1,483,544,000

Land area

Land area5.16 sq miThis ZIP5.16 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 92840

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

ZIP codes near 92840

ZIPCityDistance
92842 Garden Grove, CA 1.0 mi
92802 Anaheim, CA 1.5 mi
92843 Garden Grove, CA 1.6 mi
92812 Anaheim, CA 2.1 mi
92844 Garden Grove, CA 2.6 mi
92814 Anaheim, CA 2.7 mi
92841 Garden Grove, CA 2.9 mi
92703 Santa Ana, CA 3.1 mi
92868 Orange, CA 3.2 mi
92706 Santa Ana, CA 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 92840?

92840 is in Garden Grove, California, in Orange County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.7872, -117.9319.

What county is 92840 in?

92840 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 92840?

Garden Grove uses area codes 714 and 657, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 92840 in?

92840 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 92840?

About 54,534 people live in ZIP code 92840, in 15,789 households, at 10,578.9 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 92840?

$98,881 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 92840?

The closest are 92842 (1 mi), 92802 (1.5 mi), 92843 (1.6 mi), 92812 (2.1 mi) and 92844 (2.6 mi).

Is 92840 a PO Box ZIP code?

92840 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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