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96040

ZIP 96040 is Hat Creek, California, in Shasta County; area code 530; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Shasta
Metro area
Redding, CA
Population
57
Coordinates
40.7898, -121.4745
☼ Live from 96040 — Hat Creek, CA

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Where 96040 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96040
  • 🔢 Type 96040 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhOgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,040 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 7 × 7 × 7 × 7. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011100101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96039 (Happy Camp, CA, 116 mi away) and 96041 (Hayfork, CA, 92 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96040 becomes 04069 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pownal, ME, 2,586 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00694, 04069, 04096, 04609, 06094, 06409, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09604 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,771 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 95%.
  • 🎯1,205 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96040 and you would come out at 40.79°S, 58.53°E — 820 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 51.5 square miles of land, 96040 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population57This ZIP57
Households22This ZIP22
Housing units85This ZIP85
Median age78.3This ZIP78.3California37.9US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density1.1 / sq miThis ZIP1.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$530,000This ZIP$530,000
Tax returns filed110This ZIP110
Total adjusted gross income$8,944,000This ZIP$8,944,000

Land area

Land area51.51 sq miThis ZIP51.51 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Other place names in 96040

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

ZIP codes near 96040

ZIPCityDistance
96071 Old Station, CA 6.6 mi
96016 Cassel, CA 7.4 mi
96028 Fall River Mills, CA 15.1 mi
96013 Burney, CA 17.1 mi
96084 Round Mountain, CA 20.6 mi
96056 Mcarthur, CA 20.8 mi
96096 Whitmore, CA 23.6 mi
96137 Westwood, CA 25.6 mi
96068 Nubieber, CA 26.0 mi
96065 Montgomery Creek, CA 26.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96040?

96040 is in Hat Creek, California, in Shasta County, part of the Redding, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7898, -121.4745.

What county is 96040 in?

96040 lies in Shasta County.

What area code is 96040?

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

What time zone is 96040 in?

96040 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 96040?

About 57 people live in ZIP code 96040, in 22 households, at 1.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 96040?

The closest are 96071 (6.6 mi), 96016 (7.4 mi), 96028 (15.1 mi), 96013 (17.1 mi) and 96084 (20.6 mi).

Is 96040 a PO Box ZIP code?

96040 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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