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96142

ZIP 96142 is Tahoma, California, mostly in El Dorado County; area codes 530 and 837; Pacific time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
El Dorado +1 more
Population
725
Coordinates
38.9986, -120.1039
☼ Live from 96142 — Tahoma, CA

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Where 96142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96142
  • 🔢 Type 96142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhIgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,142 = 2 × 53 × 907. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011110001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96141 (Homewood, CA, 9 mi away) and 96143 (Kings Beach, CA, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96142 becomes 24169, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12469, 12496, 12946, 12964, 14269, 14692, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96214 in APO AA, a military post office, 5,681 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 93%.
  • 🎯1,148 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96142 and you would come out at 39.00°S, 59.90°E — 878 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
  • 📏 At 16.0 square miles of land, 96142 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population725This ZIP725
Households367This ZIP367
Housing units2,252This ZIP2,252
Median age46.0This ZIP46.0California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$95,341This ZIP$95,341California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$836,700This ZIP$836,700California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,745This ZIP$1,745California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.4%This ZIP39.4%
Mean commute28.8 minThis ZIP28.8 min
Population density45.4 / sq miThis ZIP45.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees91This ZIP91
Annual payroll$7,569,000This ZIP$7,569,000

Land area

Land area15.99 sq miThis ZIP15.99 sq mi
Water area25.50 sq miThis ZIP25.50 sq mi

Counties 96142 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
El Dorado County 99.1%
Placer County 0.9%

Other place names in 96142

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

ZIP codes near 96142

ZIPCityDistance
96152 South Lake Tahoe, CA 7.5 mi
96157 South Lake Tahoe, CA 8.1 mi
96156 South Lake Tahoe, CA 8.5 mi
96151 South Lake Tahoe, CA 8.8 mi
96141 Homewood, CA 8.8 mi
96150 South Lake Tahoe, CA 8.9 mi
96158 South Lake Tahoe, CA 9.0 mi
96154 South Lake Tahoe, CA 9.7 mi
89448 Zephyr Cove, NV 10.0 mi
89449 Stateline, NV 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96142?

96142 is in Tahoma, California, in El Dorado County, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9986, -120.1039.

What county is 96142 in?

96142 spans 2 counties: El Dorado County and Placer County. Most of it falls in El Dorado County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 96142?

Tahoma uses area codes 530 and 837, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96142 in?

96142 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 96142?

About 725 people live in ZIP code 96142, in 367 households, at 45.4 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 96142?

$95,341 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 96142?

The closest are 96152 (7.5 mi), 96157 (8.1 mi), 96156 (8.5 mi), 96151 (8.8 mi) and 96141 (8.8 mi).

Is 96142 a PO Box ZIP code?

96142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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