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11208

ZIP 11208 is in Brooklyn, New York, in Brooklyn (Kings County); area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time. Brooklyn has 47 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kings
Population
105,428
Coordinates
40.6748, -73.8725
☼ Live from 11208 — Brooklyn, NY

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Where 11208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11208
  • 🔢 Type 11208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 467. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11207 (Brooklyn, NY, 1 mi away) and 11209 (Brooklyn, NY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11208 becomes 80211 — and that is a real ZIP code: Denver, CO, 1,636 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01128, 01812, 01821, 02118, 10128, 10281, …). The farthest-flung twin is 81120 in Antonito, CO, 1,752 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,300 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11208 and you would come out at 40.67°S, 106.13°E — 809 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 2.7 square miles of land, 11208 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population105,428This ZIP105,428
Households34,395This ZIP34,395
Housing units36,994This ZIP36,994
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$62,077This ZIP$62,077New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$679,500This ZIP$679,500New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,651This ZIP$1,651New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.0%This ZIP18.0%
Mean commute46.2 minThis ZIP46.2 min
Population density39,397.6 / sq miThis ZIP39,397.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments968This ZIP968
Employees10,635This ZIP10,635
Annual payroll$468,154,000This ZIP$468,154,000
Tax returns filed43,950This ZIP43,950
Total adjusted gross income$1,741,080,000This ZIP$1,741,080,000

Land area

Land area2.68 sq miThis ZIP2.68 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11208

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

ZIP codes near 11208

ZIPCityDistance
11207 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11416 Ozone Park, NY 1.4 mi
11431 Jamaica, NY 1.4 mi
11417 Ozone Park, NY 1.5 mi
11421 Woodhaven, NY 1.5 mi
11352 Flushing, NY 1.6 mi
11381 Flushing, NY 1.6 mi
11405 Jamaica, NY 1.6 mi
11425 Jamaica, NY 1.6 mi
11499 Jamaica, NY 1.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11208?

11208 is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6748, -73.8725.

What county is 11208 in?

11208 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11208?

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

What time zone is 11208 in?

11208 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11208?

About 105,428 people live in ZIP code 11208, in 34,395 households, at 39,397.6 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 11208?

$62,077 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11208?

The closest are 11207 (1.2 mi), 11416 (1.4 mi), 11431 (1.4 mi), 11417 (1.5 mi) and 11421 (1.5 mi).

Is 11208 a PO Box ZIP code?

11208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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