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00982

ZIP 00982 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
14,050
Coordinates
18.4087, -65.9913
☼ Live from 00982 — Carolina, PR

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Where 00982 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 00982
  • 🔢 Type 00982 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZBGOO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 982 = 2 × 491. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 00981 (Carolina, PR, 3 mi away) and 00983 (Carolina, PR, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 00982 becomes 28900, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00928, 02809, 02908, 08029, 08092, 08902, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09802 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,755 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯2,438 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 00982 and you would come out at 18.41°S, 114.01°E — 679 miles from Denpasar, Indonesia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 11h 01m.
  • 📏 At 1.4 square miles of land, 00982 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,050This ZIP14,050
Households6,150This ZIP6,150
Housing units7,696This ZIP7,696
Median age40.8This ZIP40.8Puerto Rico44.8US 38.9
Median household income$28,906This ZIP$28,906Puerto Rico$26,297US $80,734
Median home value$143,100This ZIP$143,100Puerto Rico$131,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$679This ZIP$679Puerto Rico$578US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.6%This ZIP30.6%
Mean commute27.3 minThis ZIP27.3 min
Population density9,709.7 / sq miThis ZIP9,709.7 / sq mi

Land area

Land area1.45 sq miThis ZIP1.45 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 00982

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

ZIP codes near 00982

ZIPCityDistance
00983 Carolina, PR 0.9 mi
00924 San Juan, PR 1.5 mi
00979 Carolina, PR 2.1 mi
00985 Carolina, PR 2.8 mi
00981 Carolina, PR 2.9 mi
00984 Carolina, PR 2.9 mi
00986 Carolina, PR 2.9 mi
00988 Carolina, PR 2.9 mi
00923 San Juan, PR 3.0 mi
00977 Trujillo Alto, PR 3.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 00982?

00982 is in Carolina, Puerto Rico, in Carolina Municipio, part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 18.4087, -65.9913.

What county is 00982 in?

00982 lies in Carolina Municipio.

What area code is 00982?

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

What time zone is 00982 in?

00982 uses America/Puerto_Rico.

How many people live in 00982?

About 14,050 people live in ZIP code 00982, in 6,150 households, at 9,709.7 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 00982?

$28,906 a year, against $26,297 across Puerto Rico.

What ZIP codes are near 00982?

The closest are 00983 (0.9 mi), 00924 (1.5 mi), 00979 (2.1 mi), 00985 (2.8 mi) and 00981 (2.9 mi).

Is 00982 a PO Box ZIP code?

00982 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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