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00956

ZIP 00956 is in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, mostly in Bayamón Municipio; area codes 787 and 939; Atlantic time. Bayamon has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 00957, 00958, 00959, 00960 and 00961.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Bayamón +2 more
Population
66,734
Coordinates
18.3211, -66.1704
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Where 00956 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 00956
  • 🔢 Type 00956 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 956 = 2 × 2 × 239. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1110111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00955 (San Juan, PR, 11 mi away) and 00957 (Bayamon, PR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00956 becomes 65900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00659, 00965, 05069, 05609, 05906, 06059, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09605 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,100 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,434 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00956 and you would come out at 18.32°S, 113.83°E — 675 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 02m.
  • 📏 At 27.4 square miles of land, 00956 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population66,734This ZIP66,734
Households26,979This ZIP26,979
Housing units32,708This ZIP32,708
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$29,280This ZIP$29,280Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$139,800This ZIP$139,800Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$705This ZIP$705Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.1%This ZIP30.1%
Mean commute31.1 minThis ZIP31.1 min
Population density2,433.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,433.7 / sq mi

Land area

Land area27.42 sq miThis ZIP27.42 sq mi
Water area0.07 sq miThis ZIP0.07 sq mi

Counties 00956 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bayamón Municipio 97.9%
Aguas Buenas Municipio 1.4%
Toa Alta Municipio 0.7%

Other place names in 00956

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

ZIP codes near 00956

ZIPCityDistance
00957 Bayamon, PR 3.3 mi
00971 Guaynabo, PR 3.4 mi
00959 Bayamon, PR 4.6 mi
00970 Guaynabo, PR 4.6 mi
00969 Guaynabo, PR 5.0 mi
00958 Bayamon, PR 5.4 mi
00703 Aguas Buenas, PR 5.7 mi
00719 Naranjito, PR 5.9 mi
00953 Toa Alta, PR 6.0 mi
00961 Bayamon, PR 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00956?

00956 is in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in Bayamón Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.3211, -66.1704.

What county is 00956 in?

00956 spans 3 counties: Bayamón Municipio, Aguas Buenas Municipio and Toa Alta Municipio. Most of it falls in Bayamón 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 00956?

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

What time zone is 00956 in?

00956 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00956?

About 66,734 people live in ZIP code 00956, in 26,979 households, at 2,433.7 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 00956?

$29,280 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00956?

The closest are 00957 (3.3 mi), 00971 (3.4 mi), 00959 (4.6 mi), 00970 (4.6 mi) and 00969 (5 mi).

Is 00956 a PO Box ZIP code?

00956 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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