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94301

ZIP 94301 is in Palo Alto, California, in Santa Clara County; area code 650; Pacific time. Palo Alto has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 94302, 94303, 94304, 94306 and 94309.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Santa Clara
Population
17,508
Coordinates
37.4442, -122.1499
☼ Live from 94301 — Palo Alto, CA

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Where 94301 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94301
  • 🔢 Type 94301 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOEhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,301 = 181 × 521. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000001011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94299 (Sacramento, CA, 86 mi away) and 94302 (Palo Alto, CA, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94301 becomes 10349, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01349, 09143, 13409, 13490, 13904, 14039, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09143 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,662 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,279 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94301 and you would come out at 37.44°S, 57.85°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 35m.
  • 📏 At 2.4 square miles of land, 94301 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,508This ZIP17,508
Households7,167This ZIP7,167
Housing units8,429This ZIP8,429
Median age46.7This ZIP46.7California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$242,006This ZIP$242,006California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$2,000,000+This ZIP$2,000,000+California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,300This ZIP$3,300California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher81.8%This ZIP81.8%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density7,387.3 / sq miThis ZIP7,387.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,254This ZIP1,254
Employees25,414This ZIP25,414
Annual payroll$4,983,911,000This ZIP$4,983,911,000
Tax returns filed8,060This ZIP8,060
Total adjusted gross income$13,227,844,000This ZIP$13,227,844,000

Land area

Land area2.37 sq miThis ZIP2.37 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 94301

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ZIP codes near 94301

ZIPCityDistance
94302 Palo Alto, CA 0.4 mi
94309 Palo Alto, CA 0.4 mi
94025 Menlo Park, CA 1.8 mi
94303 Palo Alto, CA 2.1 mi
94305 Stanford, CA 2.1 mi
94306 Palo Alto, CA 2.2 mi
94027 Atherton, CA 2.9 mi
94304 Palo Alto, CA 3.4 mi
94063 Redwood City, CA 4.2 mi
94023 Los Altos, CA 4.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94301?

94301 is in Palo Alto, California, in Santa Clara County, part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.4442, -122.1499.

What county is 94301 in?

94301 lies in Santa Clara County.

What area code is 94301?

Palo Alto uses area code 650, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94301 in?

94301 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 94301?

About 17,508 people live in ZIP code 94301, in 7,167 households, at 7,387.3 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 94301?

$242,006 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 94301?

The closest are 94302 (0.4 mi), 94309 (0.4 mi), 94025 (1.8 mi), 94303 (2.1 mi) and 94305 (2.1 mi).

Is 94301 a PO Box ZIP code?

94301 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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