Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/96016

96016

ZIP 96016 is Cassel, California, in Shasta County; area code 530; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Shasta
Metro area
Redding, CA
Population
193
Coordinates
40.8942, -121.5088
☼ Live from 96016 — Cassel, CA

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 96016 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96016
  • 🔢 Type 96016 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIOgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,016 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 353. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96015 (Canby, CA, 54 mi away) and 96017 (Castella, CA, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96016 becomes 61069, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01966, 09166, 19066, 19606, 60169, 60196, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09166 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,493 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,206 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96016 and you would come out at 40.89°S, 58.49°E — 816 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 42.7 square miles of land, 96016 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 96016 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population193This ZIP193
Households113This ZIP113
Housing units196This ZIP196
Median age66.8This ZIP66.8California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$54,526This ZIP$54,526California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$316,100This ZIP$316,100California$734,700US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%This ZIP23.3%
Population density4.5 / sq miThis ZIP4.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees40This ZIP40
Annual payroll$2,320,000This ZIP$2,320,000
Tax returns filed140This ZIP140
Total adjusted gross income$11,132,000This ZIP$11,132,000

Land area

Land area42.69 sq miThis ZIP42.69 sq mi
Water area0.51 sq miThis ZIP0.51 sq mi

Other place names in 96016

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

ZIP codes near 96016

ZIPCityDistance
96040 Hat Creek, CA 7.4 mi
96028 Fall River Mills, CA 8.3 mi
96013 Burney, CA 11.0 mi
96071 Old Station, CA 14.1 mi
96056 Mcarthur, CA 15.6 mi
96084 Round Mountain, CA 20.0 mi
96068 Nubieber, CA 21.7 mi
96011 Big Bend, CA 22.9 mi
96065 Montgomery Creek, CA 23.4 mi
96096 Whitmore, CA 26.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 96016 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96016?

96016 is in Cassel, California, in Shasta County, part of the Redding, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8942, -121.5088.

What county is 96016 in?

96016 lies in Shasta County.

What area code is 96016?

Cassel uses area code 530, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96016 in?

96016 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 96016?

About 193 people live in ZIP code 96016, in 113 households, at 4.5 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 96016?

$54,526 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 96016?

The closest are 96040 (7.4 mi), 96028 (8.3 mi), 96013 (11 mi), 96071 (14.1 mi) and 96056 (15.6 mi).

Is 96016 a PO Box ZIP code?

96016 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “96016 ZIP Code — Cassel, California (Shasta County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/96016

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/96016.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.