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11217

ZIP 11217 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
43,490
Coordinates
40.6817, -73.9785
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Where 11217 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11217
  • 🔢 Type 11217 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,217 = 3 × 3739. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11216 (Brooklyn, NY, 2 mi away) and 11218 (Brooklyn, NY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11217 becomes 71211 — and that is a real ZIP code: Monroe, LA, 1,153 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11721, 12117, 17112, 17121, 17211, 21117, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71112 in Bossier City, LA, 1,227 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,294 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11217 and you would come out at 40.68°S, 106.02°E — 814 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.737 square miles of land, 11217 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 357 football fields.
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People and housing

Population43,490This ZIP43,490
Households20,307This ZIP20,307
Housing units21,979This ZIP21,979
Median age36.3This ZIP36.3New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$162,863This ZIP$162,863New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$1,636,500This ZIP$1,636,500New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,888This ZIP$2,888New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher72.0%This ZIP72.0%
Mean commute34.5 minThis ZIP34.5 min
Population density59,009.5 / sq miThis ZIP59,009.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,494This ZIP1,494
Employees20,006This ZIP20,006
Annual payroll$1,034,274,000This ZIP$1,034,274,000
Tax returns filed21,470This ZIP21,470
Total adjusted gross income$4,179,432,000This ZIP$4,179,432,000

Land area

Land area0.74 sq miThis ZIP0.74 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11217

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ZIP codes near 11217

ZIPCityDistance
11238 Brooklyn, NY 1.0 mi
11201 Brooklyn, NY 1.0 mi
11205 Brooklyn, NY 1.2 mi
11215 Brooklyn, NY 1.4 mi
11231 Brooklyn, NY 1.4 mi
11216 Brooklyn, NY 1.5 mi
11249 Brooklyn, NY 1.7 mi
11225 Brooklyn, NY 1.8 mi
10004 New York, NY 2.1 mi
11232 Brooklyn, NY 2.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11217?

11217 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 40.6817, -73.9785.

What county is 11217 in?

11217 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11217?

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

What time zone is 11217 in?

11217 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11217?

About 43,490 people live in ZIP code 11217, in 20,307 households, at 59,009.5 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 11217?

$162,863 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11217?

The closest are 11238 (1 mi), 11201 (1 mi), 11205 (1.2 mi), 11215 (1.4 mi) and 11231 (1.4 mi).

Is 11217 a PO Box ZIP code?

11217 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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