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00961

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Bayamón +1 more
Population
28,888
Coordinates
18.4099, -66.1634
☼ Live from 00961 — Bayamon, PR

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Where 00961 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 00961
  • 🔢 Type 00961 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 961 = 31 × 31. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00960 (Bayamon, PR, 1 mi away) and 00962 (Catano, PR, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00961 becomes 16900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00916, 01069, 01096, 01609, 01906, 01960, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09601 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,778 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,430 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00961 and you would come out at 18.41°S, 113.84°E — 681 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 01m.
  • 📏 At 5.4 square miles of land, 00961 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,888This ZIP28,888
Households11,855This ZIP11,855
Housing units13,625This ZIP13,625
Median age46.7This ZIP46.7Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$39,393This ZIP$39,393Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$167,600This ZIP$167,600Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$767This ZIP$767Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.8%This ZIP38.8%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density5,351.6 / sq miThis ZIP5,351.6 / sq mi

Land area

Land area5.40 sq miThis ZIP5.40 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 00961 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bayamón Municipio 99.0%
Cataño Municipio 1.0%

Other place names in 00961

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

ZIP codes near 00961

ZIPCityDistance
00958 Bayamon, PR 0.9 mi
00960 Bayamon, PR 1.4 mi
00959 Bayamon, PR 1.7 mi
34053 FPO AA, AA 1.8 mi
00952 Sabana Seca, PR 2.1 mi
00962 Catano, PR 2.8 mi
00934 Fort Buchanan, PR 2.9 mi
00966 Guaynabo, PR 3.3 mi
00957 Bayamon, PR 3.5 mi
00963 Catano, PR 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00961?

00961 is in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in Bayamón Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.4099, -66.1634.

What county is 00961 in?

00961 spans 2 counties: Bayamón Municipio and Cataño 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 00961?

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

What time zone is 00961 in?

00961 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00961?

About 28,888 people live in ZIP code 00961, in 11,855 households, at 5,351.6 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 00961?

$39,393 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00961?

The closest are 00958 (0.9 mi), 00960 (1.4 mi), 00959 (1.7 mi), 34053 (1.8 mi) and 00952 (2.1 mi).

Is 00961 a PO Box ZIP code?

00961 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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