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00979

ZIP 00979 is in Carolina, Puerto Rico, in Carolina Municipio; area codes 787 and 939; Atlantic time. Carolina has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Puerto_Rico
County
Carolina
Population
14,776
Coordinates
18.4384, -65.9992
☼ Live from 00979 — Carolina, PR

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Where 00979 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 00979
  • 🔢 Type 00979 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 979 = 11 × 89. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00978 (St Just, PR, 5 mi away) and 00981 (Carolina, PR, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00979 becomes 97900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07099, 09079, 09097, 09709, 79009, 90079, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09079 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,575 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,437 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00979 and you would come out at 18.44°S, 114.00°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 3.9 square miles of land, 00979 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,776This ZIP14,776
Households8,002This ZIP8,002
Housing units12,642This ZIP12,642
Median age53.6This ZIP53.6Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$40,049This ZIP$40,049Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$189,900This ZIP$189,900Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$955This ZIP$955Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher52.2%This ZIP52.2%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density3,799.4 / sq miThis ZIP3,799.4 / sq mi

Land area

Land area3.89 sq miThis ZIP3.89 sq mi
Water area2.77 sq miThis ZIP2.77 sq mi

Other place names in 00979

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

ZIP codes near 00979

ZIPCityDistance
00983 Carolina, PR 1.9 mi
00982 Carolina, PR 2.1 mi
00924 San Juan, PR 2.8 mi
00915 San Juan, PR 3.0 mi
00923 San Juan, PR 3.1 mi
00913 San Juan, PR 3.5 mi
00917 San Juan, PR 3.6 mi
00985 Carolina, PR 3.9 mi
00911 San Juan, PR 3.9 mi
00912 San Juan, PR 4.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00979?

00979 is in Carolina, Puerto Rico, in Carolina Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.4384, -65.9992.

What county is 00979 in?

00979 lies in Carolina Municipio.

What area code is 00979?

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

What time zone is 00979 in?

00979 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00979?

About 14,776 people live in ZIP code 00979, in 8,002 households, at 3,799.4 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 00979?

$40,049 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00979?

The closest are 00983 (1.9 mi), 00982 (2.1 mi), 00924 (2.8 mi), 00915 (3 mi) and 00923 (3.1 mi).

Is 00979 a PO Box ZIP code?

00979 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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