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95817

ZIP 95817 is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County; area codes 916 and 279; Pacific time. Sacramento has 100 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Sacramento
Population
14,219
Coordinates
38.5506, -121.4570
☼ Live from 95817 — Sacramento, CA

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Where 95817 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 95817
  • 🔢 Type 95817 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIBSG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 95,817 = 3 × 19 × 41 × 41. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011001001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 95816 (Sacramento, CA, 2 mi away) and 95818 (Sacramento, CA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 95817 becomes 71859 — and that is a real ZIP code: Saratoga, AR, 1,566 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (17859, 17985, 18957, 57198, 59718, 59871, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18957 in Salford, PA, 2,431 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,225 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 95817 and you would come out at 38.55°S, 58.54°E — 943 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 52m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 28m.
  • 📏 At 2.3 square miles of land, 95817 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,219This ZIP14,219
Households6,754This ZIP6,754
Housing units7,195This ZIP7,195
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$64,212This ZIP$64,212California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$543,900This ZIP$543,900California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,588This ZIP$1,588California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher48.5%This ZIP48.5%
Mean commute19.8 minThis ZIP19.8 min
Population density6,277.7 / sq miThis ZIP6,277.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments224This ZIP224
Employees15,409This ZIP15,409
Annual payroll$1,747,170,000This ZIP$1,747,170,000
Tax returns filed6,270This ZIP6,270
Total adjusted gross income$482,533,000This ZIP$482,533,000

Land area

Land area2.27 sq miThis ZIP2.27 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 95817

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ZIP codes near 95817

ZIPCityDistance
95820 Sacramento, CA 1.3 mi
95819 Sacramento, CA 1.5 mi
95816 Sacramento, CA 1.8 mi
95818 Sacramento, CA 2.2 mi
95824 Sacramento, CA 2.4 mi
95840 Sacramento, CA 2.9 mi
95867 Sacramento, CA 2.9 mi
95894 Sacramento, CA 2.9 mi
95814 Sacramento, CA 2.9 mi
94203 Sacramento, CA 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 95817?

95817 is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.5506, -121.4570.

What county is 95817 in?

95817 lies in Sacramento County.

What area code is 95817?

Sacramento uses area codes 916 and 279, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 95817 in?

95817 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 95817?

About 14,219 people live in ZIP code 95817, in 6,754 households, at 6,277.7 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 95817?

$64,212 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 95817?

The closest are 95820 (1.3 mi), 95819 (1.5 mi), 95816 (1.8 mi), 95818 (2.2 mi) and 95824 (2.4 mi).

Is 95817 a PO Box ZIP code?

95817 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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