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11356

ZIP 11356 is College Point, New York, in Queens County; area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Queens
Population
25,824
Coordinates
40.7849, -73.8415
☼ Live from 11356 — College Point, NY

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Where 11356 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11356
  • 🔢 Type 11356 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSEII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,356 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 167. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110001011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11355 (Flushing, NY, 3 mi away) and 11357 (Whitestone, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11356 becomes 65311, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11365, 11563, 13156, 13165, 13615, 13651, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56311 in Barrett, MN, 1,159 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,301 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11356 and you would come out at 40.78°S, 106.16°E — 814 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 11356 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,824This ZIP25,824
Households8,171This ZIP8,171
Housing units8,923This ZIP8,923
Median age40.2This ZIP40.2New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$86,730This ZIP$86,730New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$909,200This ZIP$909,200New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,235This ZIP$2,235New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.8%This ZIP26.8%
Mean commute45.0 minThis ZIP45.0 min
Population density16,334.0 / sq miThis ZIP16,334.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments809This ZIP809
Employees8,541This ZIP8,541
Annual payroll$528,149,000This ZIP$528,149,000
Tax returns filed13,550This ZIP13,550
Total adjusted gross income$632,022,000This ZIP$632,022,000

Land area

Land area1.58 sq miThis ZIP1.58 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11356

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ZIP codes near 11356

ZIPCityDistance
11351 Flushing, NY 0.6 mi
11354 Flushing, NY 1.4 mi
11357 Whitestone, NY 1.6 mi
11371 Flushing, NY 1.8 mi
11369 East Elmhurst, NY 2.2 mi
10473 Bronx, NY 2.5 mi
11368 Corona, NY 2.5 mi
11355 Flushing, NY 2.5 mi
11358 Flushing, NY 2.9 mi
10474 Bronx, NY 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11356?

11356 is in College Point, New York, in Queens County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7849, -73.8415.

What county is 11356 in?

11356 lies in Queens County.

What area code is 11356?

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

What time zone is 11356 in?

11356 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11356?

About 25,824 people live in ZIP code 11356, in 8,171 households, at 16,334.0 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 11356?

$86,730 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11356?

The closest are 11351 (0.6 mi), 11354 (1.4 mi), 11357 (1.6 mi), 11371 (1.8 mi) and 11369 (2.2 mi).

Is 11356 a PO Box ZIP code?

11356 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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