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11747

ZIP 11747 is in Melville, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631, 516, 363 and 934; Eastern time. Melville has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 11760 and 11775.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
20,513
Coordinates
40.7838, -73.4093
☼ Live from 11747 — Melville, NY

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Where 11747 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11747
  • 🔢 Type 11747 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhLII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,747 = 17 × 691. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11746 (Huntington Station, NY, 3 mi away) and 11749 (Islandia, NY, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11747 becomes 74711, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14717, 47117, 47711, 71417, 71471, 74117, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77411 in Alief, TX, 1,461 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,323 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11747 and you would come out at 40.78°S, 106.59°E — 798 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 12.6 square miles of land, 11747 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,513This ZIP20,513
Households7,543This ZIP7,543
Housing units7,821This ZIP7,821
Median age49.4This ZIP49.4New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$159,540This ZIP$159,540New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$757,800This ZIP$757,800New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,500+This ZIP$3,500+New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.1%This ZIP62.1%
Mean commute33.5 minThis ZIP33.5 min
Population density1,628.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,628.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,982This ZIP1,982
Employees51,326This ZIP51,326
Annual payroll$4,826,233,000This ZIP$4,826,233,000
Tax returns filed11,320This ZIP11,320
Total adjusted gross income$2,751,370,000This ZIP$2,751,370,000

Land area

Land area12.60 sq miThis ZIP12.60 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 11747

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ZIP codes near 11747

ZIPCityDistance
11760 Melville, NY 0.7 mi
11775 Melville, NY 0.7 mi
11798 Wyandanch, NY 2.7 mi
11804 Old Bethpage, NY 3.1 mi
11746 Huntington Station, NY 3.2 mi
11803 Plainview, NY 3.3 mi
11735 Farmingdale, NY 3.7 mi
11737 Farmingdale, NY 4.0 mi
11797 Woodbury, NY 4.2 mi
11729 Deer Park, NY 4.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11747?

11747 is in Melville, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7838, -73.4093.

What county is 11747 in?

11747 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11747?

Melville uses area codes 631, 516, 363 and 934, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11747 in?

11747 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11747?

About 20,513 people live in ZIP code 11747, in 7,543 households, at 1,628.7 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 11747?

$159,540 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11747?

The closest are 11760 (0.7 mi), 11775 (0.7 mi), 11798 (2.7 mi), 11804 (3.1 mi) and 11746 (3.2 mi).

Is 11747 a PO Box ZIP code?

11747 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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