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96858

ZIP 96858 is Fort Shafter, Hawaii, in Honolulu County; area code 808; Hawaii-Aleutian time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
Pacific/Honolulu
County
Honolulu
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Population
323
Coordinates
21.3446, -157.8834
☼ Live from 96858 — Fort Shafter, HI

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Where 96858 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 96858
  • 🔢 Type 96858 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BSBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,858 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5381. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101001011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96857 (Schofield Barracks, HI, 15 mi away) and 96859 (Tripler Army Medical Center, HI, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96858 becomes 85869, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (59868, 65898, 68859, 68958, 88569, 95688, …). The farthest-flung twin is 65898 in Springfield, MO, 3,967 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯3,680 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96858 and you would come out at 21.34°S, 22.12°E — 332 miles from Gaborone, Botswana, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 50m.
  • 📏 At 0.016 square miles of land, 96858 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 8 football fields.
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People and housing

Population323This ZIP323
Households0
Housing units0
Median age22.4This ZIP22.4Hawaii40.9US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher17.1%This ZIP17.1%
Population density20,187.5 / sq miThis ZIP20,187.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees259This ZIP259
Annual payroll$26,592,000This ZIP$26,592,000

Land area

Land area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 96858

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

ZIP codes near 96858

ZIPCityDistance
96819 Honolulu, HI 0.4 mi
96838 Honolulu, HI 0.6 mi
96859 Tripler Army Medical Center, HI 1.1 mi
96846 Honolulu, HI 1.9 mi
96849 Honolulu, HI 2.3 mi
96837 Honolulu, HI 2.4 mi
96820 Honolulu, HI 2.5 mi
96841 Honolulu, HI 2.8 mi
96840 Honolulu, HI 3.0 mi
96805 Honolulu, HI 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96858?

96858 is in Fort Shafter, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 21.3446, -157.8834.

What county is 96858 in?

96858 lies in Honolulu County.

What area code is 96858?

Fort Shafter uses area code 808, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96858 in?

96858 uses Pacific/Honolulu.

How many people live in 96858?

About 323 people live in ZIP code 96858, at 20,187.5 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 96858?

The closest are 96819 (0.4 mi), 96838 (0.6 mi), 96859 (1.1 mi), 96846 (1.9 mi) and 96849 (2.3 mi).

Is 96858 a PO Box ZIP code?

96858 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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