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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/11518

11518

ZIP 11518 is East Rockaway, New York, in Nassau County; area codes 516 and 363; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nassau
Population
10,149
Coordinates
40.6375, -73.6668
☼ Live from 11518 — East Rockaway, NY

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Where 11518 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11518
  • 🔢 Type 11518 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BISII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,518 = 2 × 13 × 443. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110011111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11516 (Cedarhurst, NY, 3 mi away) and 11520 (Freeport, NY, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11518 becomes 81511, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11581, 11815, 81151). The farthest-flung twin is 81151 in Sanford, CO, 1,728 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,311 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11518 and you would come out at 40.64°S, 106.33°E — 800 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 1.4 square miles of land, 11518 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,149This ZIP10,149
Households3,991This ZIP3,991
Housing units4,280This ZIP4,280
Median age41.6This ZIP41.6New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$117,052This ZIP$117,052New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$588,100This ZIP$588,100New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rentunder $2,500This ZIPunder $2,500New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher48.2%This ZIP48.2%
Mean commute40.3 minThis ZIP40.3 min
Population density7,270.1 / sq miThis ZIP7,270.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments240This ZIP240
Employees1,450This ZIP1,450
Annual payroll$68,865,000This ZIP$68,865,000
Tax returns filed5,820This ZIP5,820
Total adjusted gross income$763,766,000This ZIP$763,766,000

Land area

Land area1.40 sq miThis ZIP1.40 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 11518

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

ZIP codes near 11518

ZIPCityDistance
11557 Hewlett, NY 1.4 mi
11563 Lynbrook, NY 1.4 mi
11572 Oceanside, NY 1.6 mi
11571 Rockville Centre, NY 2.0 mi
11558 Island Park, NY 2.4 mi
11570 Rockville Centre, NY 2.4 mi
11598 Woodmere, NY 2.4 mi
11565 Malverne, NY 2.6 mi
11581 Valley Stream, NY 2.7 mi
11582 Valley Stream, NY 2.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11518?

11518 is in East Rockaway, New York, in Nassau County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6375, -73.6668.

What county is 11518 in?

11518 lies in Nassau County.

What area code is 11518?

East Rockaway uses area codes 516 and 363, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11518 in?

11518 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11518?

About 10,149 people live in ZIP code 11518, in 3,991 households, at 7,270.1 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 11518?

$117,052 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11518?

The closest are 11557 (1.4 mi), 11563 (1.4 mi), 11572 (1.6 mi), 11571 (2 mi) and 11558 (2.4 mi).

Is 11518 a PO Box ZIP code?

11518 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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