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11693

ZIP 11693 is in Far Rockaway, New York, in Queens County; area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time. Far Rockaway has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 11690, 11691 and 11695.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Queens
Population
13,244
Coordinates
40.5917, -73.8097
☼ Live from 11693 — Far Rockaway, NY

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Where 11693 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11693
  • 🔢 Type 11693 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EGgII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,693 = 11 × 1063. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11692 (Arverne, NY, 1 mi away) and 11694 (Rockaway Park, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11693 becomes 39611, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11369, 11963, 13619, 13691, 16319, 19136, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93116 in Goleta, CA, 2,529 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,304 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11693 and you would come out at 40.59°S, 106.19°E — 803 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 0.989 square miles of land, 11693 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 479 football fields.
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People and housing

Population13,244This ZIP13,244
Households5,559This ZIP5,559
Housing units5,922This ZIP5,922
Median age45.1This ZIP45.1New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$68,449This ZIP$68,449New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$433,100This ZIP$433,100New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,216This ZIP$1,216New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.4%This ZIP34.4%
Mean commute50.3 minThis ZIP50.3 min
Population density13,391.3 / sq miThis ZIP13,391.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments172This ZIP172
Employees1,549This ZIP1,549
Annual payroll$70,303,000This ZIP$70,303,000
Tax returns filed5,720This ZIP5,720
Total adjusted gross income$370,348,000This ZIP$370,348,000

Land area

Land area0.99 sq miThis ZIP0.99 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11693

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ZIP codes near 11693

ZIPCityDistance
11692 Arverne, NY 0.9 mi
11694 Rockaway Park, NY 2.5 mi
11691 Far Rockaway, NY 2.6 mi
11690 Far Rockaway, NY 3.0 mi
11096 Inwood, NY 3.4 mi
11430 Jamaica, NY 4.0 mi
11509 Atlantic Beach, NY 4.3 mi
11239 Brooklyn, NY 4.8 mi
11414 Howard Beach, NY 4.9 mi
11516 Cedarhurst, NY 5.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11693?

11693 is in Far Rockaway, New York, in Queens County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5917, -73.8097.

What county is 11693 in?

11693 lies in Queens County.

What area code is 11693?

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

What time zone is 11693 in?

11693 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11693?

About 13,244 people live in ZIP code 11693, in 5,559 households, at 13,391.3 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 11693?

$68,449 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11693?

The closest are 11692 (0.9 mi), 11694 (2.5 mi), 11691 (2.6 mi), 11690 (3 mi) and 11096 (3.4 mi).

Is 11693 a PO Box ZIP code?

11693 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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