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94801

ZIP 94801 is in Richmond, California, in Contra Costa County; area codes 510 and 341; Pacific time. Richmond has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Contra Costa
Population
33,591
Coordinates
37.9492, -122.3972
☼ Live from 94801 — Richmond, CA

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Where 94801 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 94801
  • 🔢 Type 94801 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOBhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,801 = 7 × 29 × 467. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111001001010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94720 (Berkeley, CA, 10 mi away) and 94802 (Richmond, CA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94801 becomes 10849, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01984, 04918, 04981, 09184, 09418, 09814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09814 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,054 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 96%.
  • 🎯1,284 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94801 and you would come out at 37.95°S, 57.60°E — 1,006 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 11.5 square miles of land, 94801 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population33,591This ZIP33,591
Households10,593This ZIP10,593
Housing units11,075This ZIP11,075
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$81,728This ZIP$81,728California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$609,000This ZIP$609,000California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,654This ZIP$1,654California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute35.4 minThis ZIP35.4 min
Population density2,919.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,919.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments491This ZIP491
Employees10,717This ZIP10,717
Annual payroll$1,142,690,000This ZIP$1,142,690,000
Tax returns filed13,900This ZIP13,900
Total adjusted gross income$870,976,000This ZIP$870,976,000

Land area

Land area11.50 sq miThis ZIP11.50 sq mi
Water area7.53 sq miThis ZIP7.53 sq mi

Other place names in 94801

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ZIP codes near 94801

ZIPCityDistance
94802 Richmond, CA 2.9 mi
94807 Richmond, CA 2.9 mi
94808 Richmond, CA 2.9 mi
94850 Richmond, CA 2.9 mi
94806 San Pablo, CA 3.9 mi
94804 Richmond, CA 4.0 mi
94805 Richmond, CA 4.0 mi
94974 San Quentin, CA 4.8 mi
94964 San Quentin, CA 5.1 mi
94920 Belvedere Tiburon, CA 5.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94801?

94801 is in Richmond, California, in Contra Costa County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9492, -122.3972.

What county is 94801 in?

94801 lies in Contra Costa County.

What area code is 94801?

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

What time zone is 94801 in?

94801 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 94801?

About 33,591 people live in ZIP code 94801, in 10,593 households, at 2,919.9 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 94801?

$81,728 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 94801?

The closest are 94802 (2.9 mi), 94807 (2.9 mi), 94808 (2.9 mi), 94850 (2.9 mi) and 94806 (3.9 mi).

Is 94801 a PO Box ZIP code?

94801 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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