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00740

ZIP 00740 is Puerto Real, Puerto Rico, in Fajardo Municipio; area codes 787 and 939; Atlantic time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Fajardo
Population
1,583
Coordinates
18.3340, -65.6317
☼ Live from 00740 — Puerto Real, PR

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Where 00740 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 00740
  • 🔢 Type 00740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 740 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 37. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00739 (Cidra, PR, 36 mi away) and 00741 (Punta Santiago, PR, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00740 becomes 04700, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00704, 04007, 04070, 07004, 07040, 40007, …). The farthest-flung twin is 40070 in Sulphur, KY, 1,823 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,459 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00740 and you would come out at 18.33°S, 114.37°E — 672 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 02m.
  • 📏 At 0.418 square miles of land, 00740 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 202 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,583This ZIP1,583
Households615This ZIP615
Housing units907This ZIP907
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$26,027This ZIP$26,027Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$120,000This ZIP$120,000Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$620This ZIP$620Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.4%This ZIP27.4%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density3,787.1 / sq miThis ZIP3,787.1 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.42 sq miThis ZIP0.42 sq mi
Water area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi

Other place names in 00740

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

ZIP codes near 00740

ZIPCityDistance
00738 Fajardo, PR 4.8 mi
00773 Luquillo, PR 6.0 mi
00735 Ceiba, PR 6.1 mi
00742 Roosevelt Roads, PR 6.8 mi
34051 FPO AA, AA 6.8 mi
00721 Palmer, PR 9.7 mi
00718 Naguabo, PR 10.8 mi
00745 Rio Grande, PR 11.8 mi
00744 Rio Blanco, PR 13.0 mi
00741 Punta Santiago, PR 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00740?

00740 is in Puerto Real, Puerto Rico, in Fajardo Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.3340, -65.6317.

What county is 00740 in?

00740 lies in Fajardo Municipio.

What area code is 00740?

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

What time zone is 00740 in?

00740 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00740?

About 1,583 people live in ZIP code 00740, in 615 households, at 3,787.1 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 00740?

$26,027 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00740?

The closest are 00738 (4.8 mi), 00773 (6 mi), 00735 (6.1 mi), 00742 (6.8 mi) and 34051 (6.8 mi).

Is 00740 a PO Box ZIP code?

00740 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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