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11042

ZIP 11042 is in New Hyde Park, New York, in Nassau County; area codes 516 and 363; Eastern time. New Hyde Park has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 11040.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nassau
Population
141
Coordinates
40.7585, -73.6975
☼ Live from 11042 — New Hyde Park, NY

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Where 11042 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11042
  • 🔢 Type 11042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,042 = 2 × 5521. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101100100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11040 (New Hyde Park, NY, 1 mi away) and 11050 (Port Washington, NY, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11042 becomes 24011 — and that is a real ZIP code: Roanoke, VA, 413 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02114, 02141, 04112, 04211, 10124, 11024, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42101 in Bowling Green, KY, 732 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,308 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11042 and you would come out at 40.76°S, 106.30°E — 807 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.599 square miles of land, 11042 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 290 football fields.
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People and housing

Population141This ZIP141
Households0
Housing units0
Median age93.3This ZIP93.3New York39.8US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher5.7%This ZIP5.7%
Population density235.4 / sq miThis ZIP235.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments544This ZIP544
Employees25,823This ZIP25,823
Annual payroll$2,098,408,000This ZIP$2,098,408,000
Tax returns filed400This ZIP400
Total adjusted gross income$323,815,000This ZIP$323,815,000

Land area

Land area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11042

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

ZIP codes near 11042

ZIPCityDistance
11005 Floral Park, NY 0.9 mi
11004 Glen Oaks, NY 1.1 mi
11020 Great Neck, NY 1.3 mi
11040 New Hyde Park, NY 1.3 mi
11362 Little Neck, NY 1.8 mi
11426 Bellerose, NY 2.0 mi
11002 Floral Park, NY 2.4 mi
11030 Manhasset, NY 2.5 mi
11001 Floral Park, NY 2.5 mi
11021 Great Neck, NY 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11042?

11042 is in New Hyde Park, New York, in Nassau County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7585, -73.6975.

What county is 11042 in?

11042 lies in Nassau County.

What area code is 11042?

New Hyde Park uses area codes 516 and 363, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11042 in?

11042 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11042?

About 141 people live in ZIP code 11042, at 235.4 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 11042?

The closest are 11005 (0.9 mi), 11004 (1.1 mi), 11020 (1.3 mi), 11040 (1.3 mi) and 11362 (1.8 mi).

Is 11042 a PO Box ZIP code?

11042 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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