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11694

ZIP 11694 is Rockaway Park, New York, in Queens County; area codes 347, 718, 929 and 917; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Queens
Population
21,489
Coordinates
40.5753, -73.8512
☼ Live from 11694 — Rockaway Park, NY

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Where 11694 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11694
  • 🔢 Type 11694 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGgII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,694 = 2 × 3 × 1949. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110110101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11693 (Far Rockaway, NY, 2 mi away) and 11695 (Far Rockaway, NY, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11694 becomes 49611 — and that is a real ZIP code: Alba, MI, 640 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11946, 11964, 14169, 14619, 16914, 16941, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96411 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,477 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,302 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11694 and you would come out at 40.58°S, 106.15°E — 804 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 16m.
  • 📏 At 1.7 square miles of land, 11694 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,489This ZIP21,489
Households8,165This ZIP8,165
Housing units9,078This ZIP9,078
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$111,011This ZIP$111,011New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$884,300This ZIP$884,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,757This ZIP$1,757New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.7%This ZIP47.7%
Mean commute44.7 minThis ZIP44.7 min
Population density12,300.5 / sq miThis ZIP12,300.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments332This ZIP332
Employees2,562This ZIP2,562
Annual payroll$109,168,000This ZIP$109,168,000
Tax returns filed8,740This ZIP8,740
Total adjusted gross income$964,988,000This ZIP$964,988,000

Land area

Land area1.75 sq miThis ZIP1.75 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11694

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ZIP codes near 11694

ZIPCityDistance
11693 Far Rockaway, NY 2.5 mi
11692 Arverne, NY 3.4 mi
11697 Breezy Point, NY 3.5 mi
11234 Brooklyn, NY 3.8 mi
11235 Brooklyn, NY 4.9 mi
11239 Brooklyn, NY 5.0 mi
11691 Far Rockaway, NY 5.0 mi
11236 Brooklyn, NY 5.1 mi
11229 Brooklyn, NY 5.2 mi
11352 Flushing, NY 5.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11694?

11694 is in Rockaway Park, New York, in Queens County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.5753, -73.8512.

What county is 11694 in?

11694 lies in Queens County.

What area code is 11694?

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

What time zone is 11694 in?

11694 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11694?

About 21,489 people live in ZIP code 11694, in 8,165 households, at 12,300.5 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 11694?

$111,011 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11694?

The closest are 11693 (2.5 mi), 11692 (3.4 mi), 11697 (3.5 mi), 11234 (3.8 mi) and 11235 (4.9 mi).

Is 11694 a PO Box ZIP code?

11694 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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