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02117

ZIP 02117 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County; area codes 617 and 857; Eastern time. Boston has 36 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Coordinates
42.3585, -71.0580

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 02108, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 02117
  • 🔢 Type 02117 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIIZO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 2,117 = 29 × 73. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100001000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02116 (Boston, MA, 1 mi away) and 02118 (Boston, MA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 02117 becomes 71120 — and that is a real ZIP code: Shreveport, LA, 1,409 miles away.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01721, 02171, 07112, 10172, 10271, 11027, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71102 in Shreveport, LA, 1,409 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,437 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02117 and you would come out at 42.36°S, 108.94°E — 813 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees1,269This ZIP1,269
Annual payroll$426,543,000This ZIP$426,543,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 02117

ZIPCityDistance
02112 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02196 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02201 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02211 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02212 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02241 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02266 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02293 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02297 Boston, MA 0.1 mi
02203 Boston, MA 0.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 02117?

02117 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3585, -71.0580.

What county is 02117 in?

02117 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 02117?

Boston uses area codes 617 and 857, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 02117 in?

02117 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 02117?

The closest are 02112 (0.1 mi), 02196 (0.1 mi), 02201 (0.1 mi), 02211 (0.1 mi) and 02212 (0.1 mi).

Is 02117 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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