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94948

ZIP 94948 is in Novato, California, in Marin County; area codes 415 and 628; Pacific time. Novato has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 94945, 94947, 94949 and 94998.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Marin
Coordinates
38.1489, -122.5737

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 94952, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 94948 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 94948
  • 🔢 Type 94948 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhGhG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 94,948 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 3391. Its digits add up to 34, a total 322 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111001011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 94947 (Novato, CA, 4 mi away) and 94949 (Novato, CA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 94948 becomes 84949, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (49849, 49894, 49948, 89449, 98944). The farthest-flung twin is 49894 in Wells, MI, 1,881 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 97%.
  • 🎯1,290 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 94948 and you would come out at 38.15°S, 57.43°E — 1,000 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees149This ZIP149
Annual payroll$7,925,000This ZIP$7,925,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 94948

ZIPCityDistance
94945 Novato, CA 2.1 mi
94998 Novato, CA 2.2 mi
94947 Novato, CA 4.1 mi
94915 San Rafael, CA 5.2 mi
94954 Petaluma, CA 6.0 mi
94953 Petaluma, CA 6.7 mi
94955 Petaluma, CA 6.7 mi
94975 Petaluma, CA 6.7 mi
94949 Novato, CA 7.1 mi
94946 Nicasio, CA 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 94948?

94948 is in Novato, California, in Marin County, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1489, -122.5737.

What county is 94948 in?

94948 lies in Marin County.

What area code is 94948?

Novato uses area codes 415 and 628, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 94948 in?

94948 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 94948?

The closest are 94945 (2.1 mi), 94998 (2.2 mi), 94947 (4.1 mi), 94915 (5.2 mi) and 94954 (6 mi).

Is 94948 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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