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11222

ZIP 11222 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
42,853
Coordinates
40.7278, -73.9476
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Where 11222 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11222
  • 🔢 Type 11222 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZZII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,222 = 2 × 31 × 181. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10101111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11221 (Brooklyn, NY, 3 mi away) and 11223 (Brooklyn, NY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11222 becomes 22211 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fort Myer, VA, 209 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12122, 12212, 21122, 21212, 21221, 22121, …). The farthest-flung twin is 22121 in Mount Vernon, VA, 218 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,296 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11222 and you would come out at 40.73°S, 106.05°E — 815 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.5 square miles of land, 11222 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population42,853This ZIP42,853
Households21,316This ZIP21,316
Housing units22,902This ZIP22,902
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$125,734This ZIP$125,734New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$1,376,300This ZIP$1,376,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,659This ZIP$2,659New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher66.0%This ZIP66.0%
Mean commute37.2 minThis ZIP37.2 min
Population density28,137.2 / sq miThis ZIP28,137.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,924This ZIP1,924
Employees16,703This ZIP16,703
Annual payroll$1,104,054,000This ZIP$1,104,054,000
Tax returns filed24,140This ZIP24,140
Total adjusted gross income$3,004,144,000This ZIP$3,004,144,000

Land area

Land area1.52 sq miThis ZIP1.52 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 11222

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ZIP codes near 11222

ZIPCityDistance
11211 Brooklyn, NY 1.0 mi
11120 Long Island City, NY 1.2 mi
11109 Long Island City, NY 1.4 mi
11101 Long Island City, NY 1.4 mi
10009 New York, NY 1.6 mi
11206 Brooklyn, NY 1.8 mi
11104 Sunnyside, NY 1.8 mi
11249 Brooklyn, NY 1.9 mi
10010 New York, NY 2.0 mi
10016 New York, NY 2.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11222?

11222 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 40.7278, -73.9476.

What county is 11222 in?

11222 lies in Kings County.

What area code is 11222?

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

What time zone is 11222 in?

11222 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11222?

About 42,853 people live in ZIP code 11222, in 21,316 households, at 28,137.2 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 11222?

$125,734 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11222?

The closest are 11211 (1 mi), 11120 (1.2 mi), 11109 (1.4 mi), 11101 (1.4 mi) and 10009 (1.6 mi).

Is 11222 a PO Box ZIP code?

11222 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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