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11970

ZIP 11970 is South Jamesport, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631 and 934; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
416
Coordinates
40.9420, -72.5725
☼ Live from 11970 — South Jamesport, NY

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Where 11970 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11970
  • 🔢 Type 11970 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLGII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,970 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 19. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11969 (Southampton, NY, 10 mi away) and 11971 (Southold, NY, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11970 becomes 07911, 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, 3,694 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,366 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11970 and you would come out at 40.94°S, 107.43°E — 777 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 0.394 square miles of land, 11970 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 191 football fields.
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People and housing

Population416This ZIP416
Households199This ZIP199
Housing units304This ZIP304
Median age76.0This ZIP76.0New York39.8US 38.9
Median home value$779,900This ZIP$779,900New York$423,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher62.3%This ZIP62.3%
Population density1,055.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,055.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees28This ZIP28
Annual payroll$1,441,000This ZIP$1,441,000

Land area

Land area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 11970

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

ZIP codes near 11970

ZIPCityDistance
11947 Jamesport, NY 0.5 mi
11948 Laurel, NY 1.8 mi
11931 Aquebogue, NY 2.7 mi
11901 Riverhead, NY 4.1 mi
11952 Mattituck, NY 4.3 mi
11946 Hampton Bays, NY 6.1 mi
11956 New Suffolk, NY 6.2 mi
11942 East Quogue, NY 6.5 mi
11935 Cutchogue, NY 7.1 mi
11959 Quogue, NY 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11970?

11970 is in South Jamesport, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9420, -72.5725.

What county is 11970 in?

11970 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11970?

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

What time zone is 11970 in?

11970 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11970?

About 416 people live in ZIP code 11970, in 199 households, at 1,055.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 11970?

The closest are 11947 (0.5 mi), 11948 (1.8 mi), 11931 (2.7 mi), 11901 (4.1 mi) and 11952 (4.3 mi).

Is 11970 a PO Box ZIP code?

11970 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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