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00962

ZIP 00962 is in Catano, Puerto Rico, mostly in Cataño Municipio; area code 787; Atlantic time. Catano has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 00963.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Cataño +1 more
Population
18,947
Coordinates
18.4400, -66.1355
☼ Live from 00962 — Catano, PR

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Where 00962 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 00962
  • 🔢 Type 00962 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 962 = 2 × 13 × 37. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00961 (Bayamon, PR, 3 mi away) and 00963 (Catano, PR, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00962 becomes 26900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00692, 00926, 02906, 06029, 06092, 06902, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09602 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,026 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 00962 and you would come out at 18.44°S, 113.86°E — 682 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 01m.
  • 📏 At 4.8 square miles of land, 00962 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,947This ZIP18,947
Households7,975This ZIP7,975
Housing units9,901This ZIP9,901
Median age43.4This ZIP43.4Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$21,288This ZIP$21,288Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$124,100This ZIP$124,100Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$550This ZIP$550Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.9%This ZIP17.9%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density3,934.2 / sq miThis ZIP3,934.2 / sq mi

Land area

Land area4.82 sq miThis ZIP4.82 sq mi
Water area1.07 sq miThis ZIP1.07 sq mi

Counties 00962 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cataño Municipio 85.9%
Guaynabo Municipio 14.1%

Other place names in 00962

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

ZIP codes near 00962

ZIPCityDistance
00963 Catano, PR 1.1 mi
00960 Bayamon, PR 1.7 mi
00965 Guaynabo, PR 1.7 mi
00934 Fort Buchanan, PR 2.1 mi
00901 San Juan, PR 2.6 mi
00902 San Juan, PR 2.7 mi
00908 San Juan, PR 2.7 mi
00910 San Juan, PR 2.7 mi
00914 San Juan, PR 2.7 mi
00916 San Juan, PR 2.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00962?

00962 is in Catano, Puerto Rico, in Cataño Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.4400, -66.1355.

What county is 00962 in?

00962 spans 2 counties: Cataño Municipio and Guaynabo Municipio. Most of it falls in Cataño 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 00962?

Catano uses area code 787, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 00962 in?

00962 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00962?

About 18,947 people live in ZIP code 00962, in 7,975 households, at 3,934.2 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 00962?

$21,288 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00962?

The closest are 00963 (1.1 mi), 00960 (1.7 mi), 00965 (1.7 mi), 00934 (2.1 mi) and 00901 (2.6 mi).

Is 00962 a PO Box ZIP code?

00962 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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