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11796

ZIP 11796 is West Sayville, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631 and 934; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
3,560
Coordinates
40.7312, -73.0994
☼ Live from 11796 — West Sayville, NY

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Where 11796 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11796
  • 🔢 Type 11796 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGLII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,796 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 983. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111000010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11795 (West Islip, NY, 10 mi away) and 11797 (Woodbury, NY, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11796 becomes 69711, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11697, 11769, 11967, 11976, 16917, 17961, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97116 in Forest Grove, OR, 2,504 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,340 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11796 and you would come out at 40.73°S, 106.90°E — 784 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 1.2 square miles of land, 11796 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 604 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,560This ZIP3,560
Households1,267This ZIP1,267
Housing units1,331This ZIP1,331
Median age45.2This ZIP45.2New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$173,472This ZIP$173,472New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$594,200This ZIP$594,200New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,635This ZIP$2,635New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.6%This ZIP42.6%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density2,852.6 / sq miThis ZIP2,852.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments87This ZIP87
Employees567This ZIP567
Annual payroll$21,408,000This ZIP$21,408,000
Tax returns filed1,900This ZIP1,900
Total adjusted gross income$203,497,000This ZIP$203,497,000

Land area

Land area1.25 sq miThis ZIP1.25 sq mi
Water area0.10 sq miThis ZIP0.10 sq mi

Other place names in 11796

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ZIP codes near 11796

ZIPCityDistance
11782 Sayville, NY 1.1 mi
11769 Oakdale, NY 1.4 mi
11705 Bayport, NY 2.4 mi
11715 Blue Point, NY 3.6 mi
11716 Bohemia, NY 3.7 mi
11739 Great River, NY 3.8 mi
11752 Islip Terrace, NY 4.3 mi
11730 East Islip, NY 4.5 mi
11741 Holbrook, NY 4.6 mi
11779 Ronkonkoma, NY 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11796?

11796 is in West Sayville, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.7312, -73.0994.

What county is 11796 in?

11796 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11796?

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

What time zone is 11796 in?

11796 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11796?

About 3,560 people live in ZIP code 11796, in 1,267 households, at 2,852.6 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 11796?

$173,472 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11796?

The closest are 11782 (1.1 mi), 11769 (1.4 mi), 11705 (2.4 mi), 11715 (3.6 mi) and 11716 (3.7 mi).

Is 11796 a PO Box ZIP code?

11796 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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