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93453

ZIP 93453 is Santa Margarita, California, in San Luis Obispo County; area code 805; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Population
2,344
Coordinates
35.2413, -120.2193
☼ Live from 93453 — Santa Margarita, CA

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Where 93453 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 93453
  • 🔢 Type 93453 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EShEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,453 = 3 × 31151. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110100001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93452 (San Simeon, CA, 66 mi away) and 93454 (Santa Maria, CA, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93453 becomes 35439, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33459, 33549, 33594, 33945, 33954, 34953, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34953 in Port Saint Lucie, FL, 2,400 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,224 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93453 and you would come out at 35.24°S, 59.78°E — 1,026 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 691.4 square miles of land, 93453 is bigger than 98% of ZIP codes — room for about 525 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,344This ZIP2,344
Households1,189This ZIP1,189
Housing units1,309This ZIP1,309
Median age54.5This ZIP54.5California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$78,288This ZIP$78,288California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$710,000This ZIP$710,000California$734,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher36.0%This ZIP36.0%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density3.4 / sq miThis ZIP3.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments55This ZIP55
Employees291This ZIP291
Annual payroll$18,856,000This ZIP$18,856,000
Tax returns filed1,270This ZIP1,270
Total adjusted gross income$121,961,000This ZIP$121,961,000

Land area

Land area691.38 sq miThis ZIP691.38 sq mi
Water area1.55 sq miThis ZIP1.55 sq mi

Other place names in 93453

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

ZIP codes near 93453

ZIPCityDistance
93420 Arroyo Grande, CA 15.2 mi
93444 Nipomo, CA 21.4 mi
93432 Creston, CA 22.1 mi
93454 Santa Maria, CA 22.1 mi
93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 22.4 mi
93421 Arroyo Grande, CA 22.6 mi
93456 Santa Maria, CA 23.4 mi
93457 Santa Maria, CA 23.4 mi
93433 Grover Beach, CA 24.1 mi
93483 Grover Beach, CA 24.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93453?

93453 is in Santa Margarita, California, in San Luis Obispo County, part of the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.2413, -120.2193.

What county is 93453 in?

93453 lies in San Luis Obispo County.

What area code is 93453?

Santa Margarita uses area code 805, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 93453 in?

93453 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 93453?

About 2,344 people live in ZIP code 93453, in 1,189 households, at 3.4 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 93453?

$78,288 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 93453?

The closest are 93420 (15.2 mi), 93444 (21.4 mi), 93432 (22.1 mi), 93454 (22.1 mi) and 93401 (22.4 mi).

Is 93453 a PO Box ZIP code?

93453 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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