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94530

ZIP 94530 is El Cerrito, California, in Contra Costa County; area codes 510 and 341; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Contra Costa
Population
26,401
Coordinates
37.9207, -122.3006
☼ Live from 94530 — El Cerrito, CA

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Where 94530 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94530
  • 🔢 Type 94530 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OEShG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,530 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 23 × 137. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000101000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94529 (Concord, CA, 15 mi away) and 94531 (Antioch, CA, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94530 becomes 03549, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04359, 04539, 04935, 04953, 05439, 09354, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09354 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,424 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% 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 94530 and you would come out at 37.92°S, 57.70°E — 1,005 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
  • 📏 At 4.3 square miles of land, 94530 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,401This ZIP26,401
Households11,021This ZIP11,021
Housing units11,437This ZIP11,437
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$128,529This ZIP$128,529California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$1,114,100This ZIP$1,114,100California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,545This ZIP$2,545California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher67.6%This ZIP67.6%
Mean commute33.3 minThis ZIP33.3 min
Population density6,097.2 / sq miThis ZIP6,097.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments594This ZIP594
Employees6,230This ZIP6,230
Annual payroll$274,914,000This ZIP$274,914,000
Tax returns filed13,240This ZIP13,240
Total adjusted gross income$1,796,153,000This ZIP$1,796,153,000

Land area

Land area4.33 sq miThis ZIP4.33 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 94530

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ZIP codes near 94530

ZIPCityDistance
94805 Richmond, CA 1.9 mi
94707 Berkeley, CA 1.9 mi
94804 Richmond, CA 2.1 mi
94706 Albany, CA 2.2 mi
94708 Berkeley, CA 2.4 mi
94803 El Sobrante, CA 2.7 mi
94802 Richmond, CA 2.8 mi
94807 Richmond, CA 2.8 mi
94808 Richmond, CA 2.8 mi
94850 Richmond, CA 2.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94530?

94530 is in El Cerrito, California, in Contra Costa County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9207, -122.3006.

What county is 94530 in?

94530 lies in Contra Costa County.

What area code is 94530?

El Cerrito uses area codes 510 and 341, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94530 in?

94530 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 94530?

About 26,401 people live in ZIP code 94530, in 11,021 households, at 6,097.2 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 94530?

$128,529 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 94530?

The closest are 94805 (1.9 mi), 94707 (1.9 mi), 94804 (2.1 mi), 94706 (2.2 mi) and 94708 (2.4 mi).

Is 94530 a PO Box ZIP code?

94530 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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