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95538

ZIP 95538 is Fort Dick, California, in Del Norte County; area codes 707 and 369; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Del Norte
Metro area
Crescent City, CA
Population
1,158
Coordinates
41.8683, -124.1543
☼ Live from 95538 — Fort Dick, CA

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Where 95538 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 95538
  • 🔢 Type 95538 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BESSG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 95,538 = 2 × 3 × 15923. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111010100110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 95537 (Fields Landing, CA, 79 mi away) and 95540 (Fortuna, CA, 90 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 95538 becomes 83559, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35895, 35958, 38559, 38955, 39558, 53589, …). The farthest-flung twin is 35958 in Bryant, AL, 2,121 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 98%.
  • 🎯1,339 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 95538 and you would come out at 41.87°S, 55.85°E — 864 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 08m.
  • 📏 At 1.9 square miles of land, 95538 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,158This ZIP1,158
Households367This ZIP367
Housing units400This ZIP400
Median age63.1This ZIP63.1California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$67,024This ZIP$67,024California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$292,900This ZIP$292,900California$734,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.0%This ZIP14.0%
Mean commute12.0 minThis ZIP12.0 min
Population density612.1 / sq miThis ZIP612.1 / sq mi

Land area

Land area1.89 sq miThis ZIP1.89 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 95538

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 95538

ZIPCityDistance
95531 Crescent City, CA 1.3 mi
95567 Smith River, CA 6.4 mi
95532 Crescent City, CA 8.1 mi
95543 Gasquet, CA 18.1 mi
97415 Brookings, OR 18.7 mi
95548 Klamath, CA 19.8 mi
97534 O Brien, OR 25.6 mi
97523 Cave Junction, OR 30.8 mi
97531 Kerby, OR 35.2 mi
97538 Selma, OR 39.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 95538?

95538 is in Fort Dick, California, in Del Norte County, part of the Crescent City, CA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.8683, -124.1543.

What county is 95538 in?

95538 lies in Del Norte County.

What area code is 95538?

Fort Dick uses area codes 707 and 369, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 95538 in?

95538 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 95538?

About 1,158 people live in ZIP code 95538, in 367 households, at 612.1 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 95538?

$67,024 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 95538?

The closest are 95531 (1.3 mi), 95567 (6.4 mi), 95532 (8.1 mi), 95543 (18.1 mi) and 97415 (18.7 mi).

Is 95538 a PO Box ZIP code?

95538 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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