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94701

ZIP 94701 is in Berkeley, California, in Alameda County; Pacific time. Berkeley has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Alameda
Coordinates
37.8606, -122.2967

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 94710, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 94701 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94701
  • 🔢 Type 94701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,701 = 3 × 31567. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000111101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94666 (Oakland, CA, 4 mi away) and 94702 (Berkeley, CA, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94701 becomes 10749, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01749, 04917, 04971, 07419, 09471, 09714, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09714 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,508 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,280 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94701 and you would come out at 37.86°S, 57.70°E — 1,008 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees35This ZIP35
Annual payroll$2,013,000This ZIP$2,013,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 94701

ZIPCityDistance
94710 Berkeley, CA 0.6 mi
94702 Berkeley, CA 0.7 mi
94703 Berkeley, CA 1.2 mi
94712 Berkeley, CA 1.5 mi
94608 Emeryville, CA 1.7 mi
94704 Berkeley, CA 2.0 mi
94706 Albany, CA 2.0 mi
94709 Berkeley, CA 2.1 mi
94662 Emeryville, CA 2.1 mi
94609 Oakland, CA 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94701?

94701 is in Berkeley, California, in Alameda County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8606, -122.2967.

What county is 94701 in?

94701 lies in Alameda County.

What time zone is 94701 in?

94701 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 94701?

The closest are 94710 (0.6 mi), 94702 (0.7 mi), 94703 (1.2 mi), 94712 (1.5 mi) and 94608 (1.7 mi).

Is 94701 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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