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93243

ZIP 93243 is Lebec, California, mostly in Kern County; area code 661; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Kern +1 more
Population
834
Coordinates
34.8400, -118.8149
☼ Live from 93243 — Lebec, CA

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Where 93243 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 93243
  • 🔢 Type 93243 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhZEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,243 = 3 × 31081. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110000111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93242 (Laton, CA, 122 mi away) and 93244 (Lemon Cove, CA, 107 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93243 becomes 34239 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sarasota, FL, 2,197 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23439, 23934, 23943, 29334, 29433, 32439, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33429 in Boca Raton, FL, 2,361 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,161 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93243 and you would come out at 34.84°S, 61.19°E — 1,026 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 163.4 square miles of land, 93243 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 124 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population834This ZIP834
Households419This ZIP419
Housing units748This ZIP748
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7California37.9US 38.9
Median home value$422,700This ZIP$422,700California$734,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher33.3%This ZIP33.3%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density5.1 / sq miThis ZIP5.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments64This ZIP64
Employees2,391This ZIP2,391
Annual payroll$134,724,000This ZIP$134,724,000
Tax returns filed560This ZIP560
Total adjusted gross income$35,154,000This ZIP$35,154,000

Land area

Land area163.41 sq miThis ZIP163.41 sq mi
Water area0.98 sq miThis ZIP0.98 sq mi

Counties 93243 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Kern County 63.8%
Los Angeles County 36.2%

Other place names in 93243

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

ZIP codes near 93243

ZIPCityDistance
93225 Frazier Park, CA 12.7 mi
93532 Lake Hughes, CA 19.0 mi
93203 Arvin, CA 19.4 mi
93040 Piru, CA 20.1 mi
93222 Pine Mountain Club, CA 23.2 mi
93581 Tehachapi, CA 23.4 mi
91384 Castaic, CA 23.6 mi
93561 Tehachapi, CA 24.6 mi
93536 Lancaster, CA 25.3 mi
91390 Santa Clarita, CA 25.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93243?

93243 is in Lebec, California, in Kern County, part of the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.8400, -118.8149.

What county is 93243 in?

93243 spans 2 counties: Kern County and Los Angeles County. Most of it falls in Kern County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 93243?

Lebec uses area code 661, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 93243 in?

93243 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 93243?

About 834 people live in ZIP code 93243, in 419 households, at 5.1 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 93243?

The closest are 93225 (12.7 mi), 93532 (19 mi), 93203 (19.4 mi), 93040 (20.1 mi) and 93222 (23.2 mi).

Is 93243 a PO Box ZIP code?

93243 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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