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93406

ZIP 93406 is in San Luis Obispo, California, in San Luis Obispo County; area codes 805 and 820; Pacific time. San Luis Obispo has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Coordinates
35.2828, -120.6596

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 93401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 93406 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 93406
  • 🔢 Type 93406 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOhEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,406 = 2 × 46703. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110011011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93405 (San Luis Obispo, CA, 4 mi away) and 93407 (San Luis Obispo, CA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93406 becomes 60439 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lemont, IL, 1,810 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03469, 04693, 04936, 04963, 06349, 06439, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09643 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,852 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,246 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93406 and you would come out at 35.28°S, 59.34°E — 1,023 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees145This ZIP145
Annual payroll$5,540,000This ZIP$5,540,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 93406

ZIPCityDistance
93403 San Luis Obispo, CA 0.0 mi
93410 San Luis Obispo, CA 1.5 mi
93407 San Luis Obispo, CA 1.7 mi
93409 San Luis Obispo, CA 3.5 mi
93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 4.1 mi
93408 San Luis Obispo, CA 4.3 mi
93405 San Luis Obispo, CA 4.4 mi
93449 Pismo Beach, CA 8.4 mi
93424 Avila Beach, CA 9.2 mi
93448 Pismo Beach, CA 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93406?

93406 is in San Luis Obispo, California, in San Luis Obispo County, part of the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2828, -120.6596.

What county is 93406 in?

93406 lies in San Luis Obispo County.

What area code is 93406?

San Luis Obispo uses area codes 805 and 820, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 93406 in?

93406 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 93406?

The closest are 93403 (0 mi), 93410 (1.5 mi), 93407 (1.7 mi), 93409 (3.5 mi) and 93401 (4.1 mi).

Is 93406 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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