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94070

ZIP 94070 is San Carlos, California, in San Mateo County; area code 650; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
San Mateo
Population
30,447
Coordinates
37.4965, -122.2726
☼ Live from 94070 — San Carlos, CA

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Where 94070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94070
  • 🔢 Type 94070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,070 = 2 × 5 × 23 × 409. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111101110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94066 (San Bruno, CA, 12 mi away) and 94074 (San Gregorio, CA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94070 becomes 07049, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00794, 04079, 04097, 04970, 07094, 07940, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09740 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,002 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,285 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94070 and you would come out at 37.50°S, 57.73°E — 1,028 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 6.1 square miles of land, 94070 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,447This ZIP30,447
Households11,279This ZIP11,279
Housing units11,905This ZIP11,905
Median age41.6This ZIP41.6California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$240,074This ZIP$240,074California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$2,000,000+This ZIP$2,000,000+California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,854This ZIP$2,854California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher70.5%This ZIP70.5%
Mean commute24.6 minThis ZIP24.6 min
Population density4,974.2 / sq miThis ZIP4,974.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,357This ZIP1,357
Employees20,055This ZIP20,055
Annual payroll$2,259,199,000This ZIP$2,259,199,000
Tax returns filed15,380This ZIP15,380
Total adjusted gross income$5,034,344,000This ZIP$5,034,344,000

Land area

Land area6.12 sq miThis ZIP6.12 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 94070

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

ZIP codes near 94070

ZIPCityDistance
94002 Belmont, CA 1.8 mi
94065 Redwood City, CA 2.8 mi
94061 Redwood City, CA 3.1 mi
94403 San Mateo, CA 3.4 mi
94497 San Mateo, CA 3.9 mi
94404 San Mateo, CA 4.1 mi
94063 Redwood City, CA 4.2 mi
94402 San Mateo, CA 4.4 mi
94027 Atherton, CA 4.8 mi
94062 Redwood City, CA 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94070?

94070 is in San Carlos, California, in San Mateo County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.4965, -122.2726.

What county is 94070 in?

94070 lies in San Mateo County.

What area code is 94070?

San Carlos uses area code 650, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94070 in?

94070 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 94070?

About 30,447 people live in ZIP code 94070, in 11,279 households, at 4,974.2 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 94070?

$240,074 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 94070?

The closest are 94002 (1.8 mi), 94065 (2.8 mi), 94061 (3.1 mi), 94403 (3.4 mi) and 94497 (3.9 mi).

Is 94070 a PO Box ZIP code?

94070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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