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11946

ZIP 11946 is Hampton Bays, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631 and 934; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
15,819
Coordinates
40.8647, -72.5181
☼ Live from 11946 — Hampton Bays, NY

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Where 11946 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11946
  • 🔢 Type 11946 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghGII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,946 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 181. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111010101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11944 (Greenport, NY, 18 mi away) and 11947 (Jamesport, NY, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11946 becomes 64911, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11694, 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 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,369 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11946 and you would come out at 40.86°S, 107.48°E — 771 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 13.5 square miles of land, 11946 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,819This ZIP15,819
Households6,096This ZIP6,096
Housing units8,840This ZIP8,840
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$133,918This ZIP$133,918New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$737,400This ZIP$737,400New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,380This ZIP$2,380New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.2%This ZIP47.2%
Mean commute34.2 minThis ZIP34.2 min
Population density1,171.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,171.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments687This ZIP687
Employees3,886This ZIP3,886
Annual payroll$210,880,000This ZIP$210,880,000
Tax returns filed8,360This ZIP8,360
Total adjusted gross income$780,648,000This ZIP$780,648,000

Land area

Land area13.50 sq miThis ZIP13.50 sq mi
Water area7.61 sq miThis ZIP7.61 sq mi

Other place names in 11946

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

ZIP codes near 11946

ZIPCityDistance
11942 East Quogue, NY 3.0 mi
11968 Southampton, NY 5.3 mi
11959 Quogue, NY 5.3 mi
11970 South Jamesport, NY 6.1 mi
11947 Jamesport, NY 6.4 mi
11978 Westhampton Beach, NY 6.8 mi
11948 Laurel, NY 6.8 mi
11969 Southampton, NY 6.9 mi
11931 Aquebogue, NY 7.2 mi
11901 Riverhead, NY 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11946?

11946 is in Hampton Bays, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8647, -72.5181.

What county is 11946 in?

11946 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11946?

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

What time zone is 11946 in?

11946 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11946?

About 15,819 people live in ZIP code 11946, in 6,096 households, at 1,171.7 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 11946?

$133,918 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11946?

The closest are 11942 (3 mi), 11968 (5.3 mi), 11959 (5.3 mi), 11970 (6.1 mi) and 11947 (6.4 mi).

Is 11946 a PO Box ZIP code?

11946 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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