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10956

ZIP 10956 is New City, New York, in Rockland County; area codes 845 and 329; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockland
Population
31,898
Coordinates
41.1544, -73.9941
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Where 10956 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 10956
  • 🔢 Type 10956 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSGOI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 10,956 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 83. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101011001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 10954 (Nanuet, NY, 4 mi away) and 10958 (New Hampton, NY, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 10956 becomes 65901, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01569, 01965, 06519, 09156, 09165, 10596, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09165 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,843 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 68% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,291 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 10956 and you would come out at 41.15°S, 106.01°E — 838 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 15.4 square miles of land, 10956 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population31,898This ZIP31,898
Households9,825This ZIP9,825
Housing units10,040This ZIP10,040
Median age42.4This ZIP42.4New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$177,952This ZIP$177,952New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$662,400This ZIP$662,400New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,064This ZIP$2,064New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.6%This ZIP57.6%
Mean commute35.1 minThis ZIP35.1 min
Population density2,068.3 / sq miThis ZIP2,068.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,157This ZIP1,157
Employees7,493This ZIP7,493
Annual payroll$386,494,000This ZIP$386,494,000
Tax returns filed16,310This ZIP16,310
Total adjusted gross income$2,308,503,000This ZIP$2,308,503,000

Land area

Land area15.42 sq miThis ZIP15.42 sq mi
Water area0.79 sq miThis ZIP0.79 sq mi

Other place names in 10956

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

ZIP codes near 10956

ZIPCityDistance
10927 Haverstraw, NY 2.9 mi
10920 Congers, NY 2.9 mi
10923 Garnerville, NY 3.4 mi
10989 Valley Cottage, NY 3.6 mi
10984 Thiells, NY 3.7 mi
10977 Spring Valley, NY 3.7 mi
10954 Nanuet, NY 3.9 mi
10993 West Haverstraw, NY 4.0 mi
10994 West Nyack, NY 4.1 mi
10970 Pomona, NY 4.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 10956?

10956 is in New City, New York, in Rockland County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.1544, -73.9941.

What county is 10956 in?

10956 lies in Rockland County.

What area code is 10956?

New City uses area codes 845 and 329, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 10956 in?

10956 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 10956?

About 31,898 people live in ZIP code 10956, in 9,825 households, at 2,068.3 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 10956?

$177,952 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 10956?

The closest are 10927 (2.9 mi), 10920 (2.9 mi), 10923 (3.4 mi), 10989 (3.6 mi) and 10984 (3.7 mi).

Is 10956 a PO Box ZIP code?

10956 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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