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00656

ZIP 00656 is Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, mostly in Guayanilla Municipio; area codes 787 and 939; Atlantic time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Guayanilla +1 more
Metro area
Ponce, PR
Population
17,398
Coordinates
18.0405, -66.7897
☼ Live from 00656 — Guayanilla, PR

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Where 00656 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 00656
  • 🔢 Type 00656 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSgOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 41. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00653 (Guanica, PR, 8 mi away) and 00659 (Hatillo, PR, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00656 becomes 65600, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05660, 06065, 06506, 06605, 50066, 50606, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56060 in Lewisville, MN, 2,402 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,419 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00656 and you would come out at 18.04°S, 113.21°E — 663 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 13m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 03m.
  • 📏 At 42.1 square miles of land, 00656 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,398This ZIP17,398
Households6,461This ZIP6,461
Housing units8,459This ZIP8,459
Median age45.5This ZIP45.5Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$24,065This ZIP$24,065Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$87,400This ZIP$87,400Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$454This ZIP$454Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.1%This ZIP24.1%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density412.8 / sq miThis ZIP412.8 / sq mi

Land area

Land area42.14 sq miThis ZIP42.14 sq mi
Water area4.05 sq miThis ZIP4.05 sq mi

Counties 00656 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Guayanilla Municipio 97.0%
Yauco Municipio 3.0%

Other place names in 00656

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

ZIP codes near 00656

ZIPCityDistance
00624 Penuelas, PR 4.5 mi
00698 Yauco, PR 4.6 mi
00653 Guanica, PR 8.2 mi
00728 Ponce, PR 9.0 mi
00601 Adjuntas, PR 10.0 mi
00631 Castaner, PR 10.3 mi
00637 Sabana Grande, PR 10.8 mi
00731 Ponce, PR 11.2 mi
00647 Ensenada, PR 11.6 mi
00730 Ponce, PR 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00656?

00656 is in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, in Guayanilla Municipio, part of the Ponce, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.0405, -66.7897.

What county is 00656 in?

00656 spans 2 counties: Guayanilla Municipio and Yauco Municipio. Most of it falls in Guayanilla Municipio, 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 00656?

Guayanilla uses area codes 787 and 939, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 00656 in?

00656 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00656?

About 17,398 people live in ZIP code 00656, in 6,461 households, at 412.8 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 00656?

$24,065 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00656?

The closest are 00624 (4.5 mi), 00698 (4.6 mi), 00653 (8.2 mi), 00728 (9 mi) and 00601 (10 mi).

Is 00656 a PO Box ZIP code?

00656 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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