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96162

ZIP 96162 is in Truckee, California, in Nevada County; area codes 530 and 837; Pacific time. Truckee has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 96160 and 96161.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Nevada
Coordinates
39.3280, -120.1833

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 96161, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 96162 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96162
  • 🔢 Type 96162 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgIgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,162 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 31 × 47. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011110100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96161 (Truckee, CA, 3 mi away) and 96201 (APO AA, a military post office, 5,700 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96162 becomes 26169 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rockport, WV, 2,051 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12966, 16629, 16692, 16926, 21669, 26169, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96216 in APO AA, a military post office, 5,759 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 94%.
  • 🎯1,148 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96162 and you would come out at 39.33°S, 59.82°E — 861 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees18This ZIP18
Annual payroll$979,000This ZIP$979,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 96162

ZIPCityDistance
96160 Truckee, CA 0.0 mi
96161 Truckee, CA 2.6 mi
96140 Carnelian Bay, CA 8.1 mi
96146 Olympic Valley, CA 8.4 mi
95604 Auburn, CA 8.6 mi
96148 Tahoe Vista, CA 8.6 mi
95724 Norden, CA 9.3 mi
96143 Kings Beach, CA 9.6 mi
96145 Tahoe City, CA 10.3 mi
96111 Floriston, CA 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96162?

96162 is in Truckee, California, in Nevada County, part of the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA micropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.3280, -120.1833.

What county is 96162 in?

96162 lies in Nevada County.

What area code is 96162?

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

What time zone is 96162 in?

96162 uses America/Los_Angeles.

What ZIP codes are near 96162?

The closest are 96160 (0 mi), 96161 (2.6 mi), 96140 (8.1 mi), 96146 (8.4 mi) and 95604 (8.6 mi).

Is 96162 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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