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94024

ZIP 94024 is in Los Altos, California, in Santa Clara County; area code 650; Pacific time. Los Altos has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 94022 and 94023.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Santa Clara
Population
23,051
Coordinates
37.3504, -122.0987
☼ Live from 94024 — Los Altos, CA

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Where 94024 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94024
  • 🔢 Type 94024 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZOhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,024 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × 23 × 73. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111101001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94023 (Los Altos, CA, 3 mi away) and 94025 (Menlo Park, CA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94024 becomes 42049 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hazel, KY, 1,856 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02494, 04294, 04429, 04492, 04924, 04942, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09244 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,744 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,278 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94024 and you would come out at 37.35°S, 57.90°E — 1,032 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 8.3 square miles of land, 94024 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,051This ZIP23,051
Households7,938This ZIP7,938
Housing units8,447This ZIP8,447
Median age47.6This ZIP47.6California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$250,000+This ZIP$250,000+California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$2,000,000+This ZIP$2,000,000+California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,500+This ZIP$3,500+California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher86.6%This ZIP86.6%
Mean commute23.9 minThis ZIP23.9 min
Population density2,786.3 / sq miThis ZIP2,786.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments470This ZIP470
Employees3,126This ZIP3,126
Annual payroll$224,226,000This ZIP$224,226,000
Tax returns filed11,040This ZIP11,040
Total adjusted gross income$6,751,785,000This ZIP$6,751,785,000

Land area

Land area8.27 sq miThis ZIP8.27 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 94024

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

ZIP codes near 94024

ZIPCityDistance
94040 Mountain View, CA 2.2 mi
94023 Los Altos, CA 2.5 mi
94022 Los Altos, CA 2.6 mi
94035 Mountain View, CA 2.6 mi
94039 Mountain View, CA 2.6 mi
94042 Mountain View, CA 2.6 mi
94041 Mountain View, CA 2.9 mi
95014 Cupertino, CA 3.0 mi
95015 Cupertino, CA 3.2 mi
94087 Sunnyvale, CA 3.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94024?

94024 is in Los Altos, California, in Santa Clara County, part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3504, -122.0987.

What county is 94024 in?

94024 lies in Santa Clara County.

What area code is 94024?

Los Altos uses area code 650, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94024 in?

94024 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 94024?

About 23,051 people live in ZIP code 94024, in 7,938 households, at 2,786.3 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 94024?

$250,000+ a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 94024?

The closest are 94040 (2.2 mi), 94023 (2.5 mi), 94022 (2.6 mi), 94035 (2.6 mi) and 94039 (2.6 mi).

Is 94024 a PO Box ZIP code?

94024 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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