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11790

ZIP 11790 is in Stony Brook, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631 and 934; Eastern time. Stony Brook has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 11794.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
21,074
Coordinates
40.9078, -73.1275
☼ Live from 11790 — Stony Brook, NY

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Where 11790 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11790
  • 🔢 Type 11790 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGLII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,790 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 131. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11789 (Sound Beach, NY, 9 mi away) and 11791 (Syosset, NY, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11790 becomes 09711, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01719, 01971, 07191, 09171, 10179, 10917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09171 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,717 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,337 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11790 and you would come out at 40.91°S, 106.87°E — 794 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 7.3 square miles of land, 11790 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,074This ZIP21,074
Households4,455This ZIP4,455
Housing units4,868This ZIP4,868
Median age22.3This ZIP22.3New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$171,133This ZIP$171,133New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$624,000This ZIP$624,000New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,500+This ZIP$3,500+New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher69.9%This ZIP69.9%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density2,889.2 / sq miThis ZIP2,889.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments502This ZIP502
Employees5,569This ZIP5,569
Annual payroll$463,126,000This ZIP$463,126,000
Tax returns filed7,020This ZIP7,020
Total adjusted gross income$1,064,462,000This ZIP$1,064,462,000

Land area

Land area7.29 sq miThis ZIP7.29 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Other place names in 11790

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ZIP codes near 11790

ZIPCityDistance
11794 Stony Brook, NY 0.8 mi
11780 Saint James, NY 2.4 mi
11733 East Setauket, NY 2.4 mi
11755 Lake Grove, NY 3.5 mi
11720 Centereach, NY 3.5 mi
11767 Nesconset, NY 4.3 mi
11776 Port Jefferson Station, NY 4.3 mi
11777 Port Jefferson, NY 4.6 mi
11784 Selden, NY 5.2 mi
11787 Smithtown, NY 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11790?

11790 is in Stony Brook, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9078, -73.1275.

What county is 11790 in?

11790 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11790?

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

What time zone is 11790 in?

11790 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11790?

About 21,074 people live in ZIP code 11790, in 4,455 households, at 2,889.2 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 11790?

$171,133 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11790?

The closest are 11794 (0.8 mi), 11780 (2.4 mi), 11733 (2.4 mi), 11755 (3.5 mi) and 11720 (3.5 mi).

Is 11790 a PO Box ZIP code?

11790 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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