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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/93942

93942

ZIP 93942 is in Monterey, California, in Monterey County; area code 831; Pacific time. Monterey has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 93940, 93943 and 93944.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Monterey
Metro area
Salinas, CA
Coordinates
36.6002, -121.8947

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 93940, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 93942 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 93942
  • 🔢 Type 93942 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhGEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,942 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 307. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93940 (Monterey, CA, 6 mi away) and 93943 (Monterey, CA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93942 becomes 24939, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24993, 29349, 29439, 29493, 29934, 29943, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34992 in Port Salerno, FL, 2,511 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,281 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93942 and you would come out at 36.60°S, 58.11°E — 1,070 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees108This ZIP108
Annual payroll$7,947,000This ZIP$7,947,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 93942

ZIPCityDistance
93943 Monterey, CA 1.2 mi
93944 Monterey, CA 1.3 mi
93950 Pacific Grove, CA 2.1 mi
93953 Pebble Beach, CA 2.9 mi
93921 Carmel By The Sea, CA 3.6 mi
93922 Carmel, CA 4.3 mi
93940 Monterey, CA 5.6 mi
93955 Seaside, CA 6.0 mi
93933 Marina, CA 8.2 mi
93962 Spreckels, CA 13.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93942?

93942 is in Monterey, California, in Monterey County, part of the Salinas, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6002, -121.8947.

What county is 93942 in?

93942 lies in Monterey County.

What area code is 93942?

Monterey uses area code 831, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 93942 in?

93942 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 93942?

The closest are 93943 (1.2 mi), 93944 (1.3 mi), 93950 (2.1 mi), 93953 (2.9 mi) and 93921 (3.6 mi).

Is 93942 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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