279 area code

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If you’re looking to expand to this market or grow your business in area code 279, a local business phone number makes you appear local. Your calls are more likely to be answered. Your calls will be instantly recognizable to customers who see your caller ID. Plus, customers are more likely to see you as part of their community.

Important facts

Area code 279 covers a lot of space, including its major city, Sacramento, CA, and its 524,943 residents. This area code serves also serves surrounding cities like Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Elk Grove, and Folsom. It touches 4 counties, including Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, and El Dorado.

That includes: the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. Because of the growing demand for phone numbers, newly activated cell phones, and new residents, 279 has an overlay area code of 916. Both cover the same territory.

There are nearby area codes in the region, like 209 (Stockton, CA), 530 (Redding, CA), 707 (Santa Rosa, CA), and 925 (Concord, CA).

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With a local 279 phone number, you can effectively get in front of the right people and establish a foothold in the Sacramento, CA area.

Business and industry roundup for area code 279

What is the business environment like for startups and small businesses in area code 279? After all, newcomers trying to establish a presence in a particular area do well knowing the lay of the land. With so much of the business climate centered on Sacramento, we gathered a few vital stats to help you understand what work-life is like in area code 279.

Sacramento residents are likely to work within one of the area’s top industries. According to census.gov, these are the most prominent sectors operating in the metropolis:

  • Educational services, and health care and social assistance
  • Public administration
  • Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services

A career in these sectors means you’re in good company. You might even see some of them represented here in the largest employer’s in Sacramento: University of California, Davis, State of California, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, Intel Corporation, Sacramento County, Dignity Health, California State University, Sacramento, Apple, UC Davis Medical Center.

There are plenty of opportunities in these large industries, with existing employers and infrastructure in area code 279. But you can also strike off on your own, fulfilling your customers’ needs in less common sectors. That gives customers local options for many more goods and services.

Starting a new business? You won’t be alone. From 2019 to 2020, new business applications in Sacramento grew 32%. With all those new applications, many new businesses are striving to connect with residents in area code 279. And guess what? They are. The state’s startup survival rate is 81.80%, so many new businesses do well and prosper here.

Even so, the area code’s major city, Sacramento, experienced a slight increase (0.07%) in population between 2019 and 2020. The area also has a 9.3% unemployment rate. Sacramento residents who make their homes in the city have a household mean income of $87,213.

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