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00953

ZIP 00953 is in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, mostly in Toa Alta Municipio; area codes 939 and 787; Atlantic time. Toa Alta has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 00954.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Toa Alta +2 more
Population
66,156
Coordinates
18.3607, -66.2515
☼ Live from 00953 — Toa Alta, PR

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Where 00953 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 00953
  • 🔢 Type 00953 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 00953 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00952 (Sabana Seca, PR, 6 mi away) and 00954 (Toa Alta, PR, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00953 becomes 35900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00935, 03590, 03905, 05039, 05903, 09053, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09053 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,706 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,429 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00953 and you would come out at 18.36°S, 113.75°E — 678 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 02m.
  • 📏 At 26.7 square miles of land, 00953 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population66,156This ZIP66,156
Households24,005This ZIP24,005
Housing units27,789This ZIP27,789
Median age41.7This ZIP41.7Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$36,099This ZIP$36,099Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$164,700This ZIP$164,700Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$687This ZIP$687Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.5%This ZIP31.5%
Mean commute38.4 minThis ZIP38.4 min
Population density2,478.6 / sq miThis ZIP2,478.6 / sq mi

Land area

Land area26.69 sq miThis ZIP26.69 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Counties 00953 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Toa Alta Municipio 98.5%
Corozal Municipio 0.8%
Toa Baja Municipio 0.7%

Other place names in 00953

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

ZIP codes near 00953

ZIPCityDistance
00954 Toa Alta, PR 1.9 mi
00949 Toa Baja, PR 3.7 mi
00957 Bayamon, PR 4.1 mi
00951 Toa Baja, PR 4.7 mi
00719 Naranjito, PR 4.9 mi
00646 Dorado, PR 5.5 mi
00956 Bayamon, PR 6.0 mi
00952 Sabana Seca, PR 6.2 mi
34053 FPO AA, AA 6.3 mi
00959 Bayamon, PR 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00953?

00953 is in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, in Toa Alta Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.3607, -66.2515.

What county is 00953 in?

00953 spans 3 counties: Toa Alta Municipio, Corozal Municipio and Toa Baja Municipio. Most of it falls in Toa Alta 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 00953?

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

What time zone is 00953 in?

00953 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00953?

About 66,156 people live in ZIP code 00953, in 24,005 households, at 2,478.6 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 00953?

$36,099 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00953?

The closest are 00954 (1.9 mi), 00949 (3.7 mi), 00957 (4.1 mi), 00951 (4.7 mi) and 00719 (4.9 mi).

Is 00953 a PO Box ZIP code?

00953 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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