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06602

ZIP 06602 is in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in Fairfield County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. Bridgeport has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.1798, -73.1890

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 06604, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06602 is

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 06602
  • 🔢 Type 06602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOggO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,602 = 2 × 3301. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100111001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06601 (Bridgeport, CT, 1 mi away) and 06604 (Bridgeport, CT, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06602 becomes 20660 — and that is a real ZIP code: Morganza, MD, 269 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00662, 02066, 02660, 06026, 06062, 06260, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00662 in Isabela, PR, 1,611 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,332 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06602 and you would come out at 41.18°S, 106.81°E — 811 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees233This ZIP233
Annual payroll$11,080,000This ZIP$11,080,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 06602

ZIPCityDistance
06608 Bridgeport, CT 0.6 mi
06601 Bridgeport, CT 1.2 mi
06673 Bridgeport, CT 1.2 mi
06699 Bridgeport, CT 1.2 mi
06607 Bridgeport, CT 1.3 mi
06605 Bridgeport, CT 1.9 mi
06604 Bridgeport, CT 2.1 mi
06610 Bridgeport, CT 2.4 mi
06606 Bridgeport, CT 2.4 mi
06828 Fairfield, CT 2.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06602?

06602 is in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in Fairfield County. Its published point location is 41.1798, -73.1890.

What county is 06602 in?

06602 lies in Fairfield County.

What area code is 06602?

Bridgeport uses area codes 203 and 475, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 06602 in?

06602 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06602?

The closest are 06608 (0.6 mi), 06601 (1.2 mi), 06673 (1.2 mi), 06699 (1.2 mi) and 06607 (1.3 mi).

Is 06602 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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