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95838

ZIP 95838 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
40,677
Coordinates
38.6457, -121.4453
☼ Live from 95838 — Sacramento, CA

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Where 95838 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 95838
  • 🔢 Type 95838 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEBSG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 95,838 = 2 × 3 × 15973. Its digits add up to 33, a total 456 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011001011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 95837 (Sacramento, CA, 9 mi away) and 95840 (Sacramento, CA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 95838 becomes 83859, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35898, 35988, 38589, 38859, 38958, 39885, …). The farthest-flung twin is 39885 in Sasser, GA, 2,134 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,223 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 95838 and you would come out at 38.65°S, 58.55°E — 937 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 9.2 square miles of land, 95838 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population40,677This ZIP40,677
Households12,016This ZIP12,016
Housing units12,315This ZIP12,315
Median age32.9This ZIP32.9California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$68,349This ZIP$68,349California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$389,200This ZIP$389,200California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,684This ZIP$1,684California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density4,419.0 / sq miThis ZIP4,419.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments467This ZIP467
Employees8,409This ZIP8,409
Annual payroll$554,734,000This ZIP$554,734,000
Tax returns filed17,430This ZIP17,430
Total adjusted gross income$849,928,000This ZIP$849,928,000

Land area

Land area9.21 sq miThis ZIP9.21 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 95838

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

ZIP codes near 95838

ZIPCityDistance
95652 Mcclellan, CA 2.7 mi
95815 Sacramento, CA 2.8 mi
95813 Sacramento, CA 3.0 mi
95851 Sacramento, CA 3.0 mi
95852 Sacramento, CA 3.0 mi
95853 Sacramento, CA 3.0 mi
95673 Rio Linda, CA 3.3 mi
95821 Sacramento, CA 3.5 mi
95834 Sacramento, CA 4.0 mi
95811 Sacramento, CA 4.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 95838?

95838 is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.6457, -121.4453.

What county is 95838 in?

95838 lies in Sacramento County.

What area code is 95838?

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

What time zone is 95838 in?

95838 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 95838?

About 40,677 people live in ZIP code 95838, in 12,016 households, at 4,419.0 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 95838?

$68,349 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 95838?

The closest are 95652 (2.7 mi), 95815 (2.8 mi), 95813 (3 mi), 95851 (3 mi) and 95852 (3 mi).

Is 95838 a PO Box ZIP code?

95838 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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