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93944

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Monterey
Metro area
Salinas, CA
Population
2,665
Coordinates
36.6007, -121.9185
☼ Live from 93944 — Monterey, CA

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Where 93944 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 93944
  • 🔢 Type 93944 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhGEG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 93,944 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11743. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 93943 (Monterey, CA, 3 mi away) and 93950 (Pacific Grove, CA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 93944 becomes 44939, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34949, 34994, 49349, 49934, 93449, 99344). The farthest-flung twin is 34994 in Stuart, FL, 2,508 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,283 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 93944 and you would come out at 36.60°S, 58.08°E — 1,071 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.
  • 📏 At 0.337 square miles of land, 93944 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 163 football fields.
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People and housing

Population2,665This ZIP2,665
Households5This ZIP5
Housing units5This ZIP5
Median age22.3This ZIP22.3California37.9US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher50.8%This ZIP50.8%
Mean commute10.4 minThis ZIP10.4 min
Population density7,908.0 / sq miThis ZIP7,908.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees68This ZIP68
Annual payroll$2,966,000This ZIP$2,966,000

Land area

Land area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 93944

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

ZIP codes near 93944

ZIPCityDistance
93942 Monterey, CA 1.3 mi
93950 Pacific Grove, CA 1.3 mi
93953 Pebble Beach, CA 1.7 mi
93943 Monterey, CA 2.5 mi
93921 Carmel By The Sea, CA 3.3 mi
93922 Carmel, CA 4.0 mi
93940 Monterey, CA 6.8 mi
93955 Seaside, CA 7.3 mi
93933 Marina, CA 9.3 mi
93923 Carmel, CA 15.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 93944?

93944 is in Monterey, California, in Monterey County, part of the Salinas, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6007, -121.9185.

What county is 93944 in?

93944 lies in Monterey County.

What area code is 93944?

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

What time zone is 93944 in?

93944 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 93944?

About 2,665 people live in ZIP code 93944, in 5 households, at 7,908.0 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 93944?

The closest are 93942 (1.3 mi), 93950 (1.3 mi), 93953 (1.7 mi), 93943 (2.5 mi) and 93921 (3.3 mi).

Is 93944 a PO Box ZIP code?

93944 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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