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94549

ZIP 94549 is Lafayette, California, in Contra Costa County; area code 925; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Contra Costa
Population
28,420
Coordinates
37.9011, -122.1191
☼ Live from 94549 — Lafayette, CA

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Where 94549 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94549
  • 🔢 Type 94549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhShG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆94549 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,549 = 7 × 13 × 1039. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94548 (Knightsen, CA, 26 mi away) and 94550 (Livermore, CA, 40 mi away).
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (49459, 49945, 54499, 54949, 94945, 94954, …). The farthest-flung twin is 49459 in Walkerville, MI, 1,910 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,270 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94549 and you would come out at 37.90°S, 57.88°E — 1,000 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 19.8 square miles of land, 94549 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,420This ZIP28,420
Households10,682This ZIP10,682
Housing units11,057This ZIP11,057
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$234,516This ZIP$234,516California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$2,000,000+This ZIP$2,000,000+California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,968This ZIP$2,968California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher79.2%This ZIP79.2%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density1,432.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,432.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,069This ZIP1,069
Employees8,904This ZIP8,904
Annual payroll$631,548,000This ZIP$631,548,000
Tax returns filed13,470This ZIP13,470
Total adjusted gross income$5,123,754,000This ZIP$5,123,754,000

Land area

Land area19.85 sq miThis ZIP19.85 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 94549

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ZIP codes near 94549

ZIPCityDistance
94597 Walnut Creek, CA 2.8 mi
94595 Walnut Creek, CA 3.4 mi
94575 Moraga, CA 4.2 mi
94523 Pleasant Hill, CA 4.4 mi
94596 Walnut Creek, CA 4.6 mi
94556 Moraga, CA 4.8 mi
94563 Orinda, CA 5.1 mi
94516 Canyon, CA 5.7 mi
94553 Martinez, CA 5.7 mi
94598 Walnut Creek, CA 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94549?

94549 is in Lafayette, California, in Contra Costa County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9011, -122.1191.

What county is 94549 in?

94549 lies in Contra Costa County.

What area code is 94549?

Lafayette uses area code 925, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94549 in?

94549 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 94549?

About 28,420 people live in ZIP code 94549, in 10,682 households, at 1,432.0 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 94549?

$234,516 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 94549?

The closest are 94597 (2.8 mi), 94595 (3.4 mi), 94575 (4.2 mi), 94523 (4.4 mi) and 94596 (4.6 mi).

Is 94549 a PO Box ZIP code?

94549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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