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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/11718

11718

ZIP 11718 is Brightwaters, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631 and 934; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
3,179
Coordinates
40.7164, -73.2615
☼ Live from 11718 — Brightwaters, NY

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Where 11718 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11718
  • 🔢 Type 11718 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BILII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,718 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 31. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11717 (Brentwood, NY, 5 mi away) and 11719 (Brookhaven, NY, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11718 becomes 81711, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (18711, 71118, 78111, 87111). The farthest-flung twin is 87111 in Albuquerque, NM, 1,841 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,331 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11718 and you would come out at 40.72°S, 106.74°E — 789 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 0.937 square miles of land, 11718 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 454 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,179This ZIP3,179
Households1,054This ZIP1,054
Housing units1,054This ZIP1,054
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$218,000This ZIP$218,000New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$768,600This ZIP$768,600New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,728This ZIP$1,728New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.6%This ZIP62.6%
Mean commute32.2 minThis ZIP32.2 min
Population density3,392.7 / sq miThis ZIP3,392.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees647This ZIP647
Annual payroll$60,139,000This ZIP$60,139,000
Tax returns filed1,760This ZIP1,760
Total adjusted gross income$337,861,000This ZIP$337,861,000

Land area

Land area0.94 sq miThis ZIP0.94 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 11718

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

ZIP codes near 11718

ZIPCityDistance
11706 Bay Shore, NY 1.1 mi
11795 West Islip, NY 1.9 mi
11751 Islip, NY 2.7 mi
11703 North Babylon, NY 3.5 mi
11730 East Islip, NY 4.1 mi
11729 Deer Park, NY 4.5 mi
11717 Brentwood, NY 4.7 mi
11707 West Babylon, NY 4.9 mi
11739 Great River, NY 5.0 mi
11704 West Babylon, NY 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11718?

11718 is in Brightwaters, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7164, -73.2615.

What county is 11718 in?

11718 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11718?

Brightwaters uses area codes 631 and 934, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11718 in?

11718 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11718?

About 3,179 people live in ZIP code 11718, in 1,054 households, at 3,392.7 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 11718?

$218,000 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11718?

The closest are 11706 (1.1 mi), 11795 (1.9 mi), 11751 (2.7 mi), 11703 (3.5 mi) and 11730 (4.1 mi).

Is 11718 a PO Box ZIP code?

11718 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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