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11109

ZIP 11109 is in Long Island City, New York, in Queens County; area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time. Long Island City has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 11101 and 11120.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Queens
Population
7,948
Coordinates
40.7466, -73.9570
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Where 11109 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11109
  • 🔢 Type 11109 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOIII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,109 = 3 × 7 × 23 × 23. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101101100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11106 (Astoria, NY, 2 mi away) and 11120 (Long Island City, NY, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11109 becomes 90111, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01119, 09111, 10119, 10911, 11901, 19101, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09111 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,825 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,295 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11109 and you would come out at 40.75°S, 106.04°E — 816 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.046 square miles of land, 11109 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 22 football fields.
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People and housing

Population7,948This ZIP7,948
Households4,032This ZIP4,032
Housing units4,921This ZIP4,921
Median age35.4This ZIP35.4New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$204,885This ZIP$204,885New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$525,300This ZIP$525,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,500+This ZIP$3,500+New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher87.9%This ZIP87.9%
Mean commute32.8 minThis ZIP32.8 min
Population density172,782.6 / sq miThis ZIP172,782.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees460This ZIP460
Annual payroll$23,420,000This ZIP$23,420,000
Tax returns filed3,400This ZIP3,400
Total adjusted gross income$739,972,000This ZIP$739,972,000

Land area

Land area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11109

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ZIP codes near 11109

ZIPCityDistance
11120 Long Island City, NY 0.5 mi
11101 Long Island City, NY 0.9 mi
10017 New York, NY 0.9 mi
10174 New York, NY 1.0 mi
10158 New York, NY 1.0 mi
10022 New York, NY 1.0 mi
10170 New York, NY 1.1 mi
10167 New York, NY 1.1 mi
10172 New York, NY 1.1 mi
10171 New York, NY 1.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11109?

11109 is in Long Island City, New York, in Queens County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7466, -73.9570.

What county is 11109 in?

11109 lies in Queens County.

What area code is 11109?

Long Island City uses area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11109 in?

11109 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11109?

About 7,948 people live in ZIP code 11109, in 4,032 households, at 172,782.6 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 11109?

$204,885 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11109?

The closest are 11120 (0.5 mi), 11101 (0.9 mi), 10017 (0.9 mi), 10174 (1 mi) and 10158 (1 mi).

Is 11109 a PO Box ZIP code?

11109 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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