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11976

ZIP 11976 is Water Mill, New York, in Suffolk County; area codes 631 and 934; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
2,952
Coordinates
40.9292, -72.3474
☼ Live from 11976 — Water Mill, NY

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Where 11976 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11976
  • 🔢 Type 11976 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLGII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,976 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 499. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11975 (Wainscott, NY, 5 mi away) and 11977 (Westhampton, NY, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11976 becomes 67911, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11697, 11769, 11796, 11967, 16917, 17961, …). The farthest-flung twin is 91617 in Valley Village, CA, 2,536 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,378 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11976 and you would come out at 40.93°S, 107.65°E — 769 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 07m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 13.0 square miles of land, 11976 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,952This ZIP2,952
Households1,315This ZIP1,315
Housing units2,699This ZIP2,699
Median age52.3This ZIP52.3New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$180,250This ZIP$180,250New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$2,000,000+This ZIP$2,000,000+New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,250This ZIP$3,250New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher73.0%This ZIP73.0%
Mean commute18.7 minThis ZIP18.7 min
Population density227.6 / sq miThis ZIP227.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments170This ZIP170
Employees1,097This ZIP1,097
Annual payroll$88,732,000This ZIP$88,732,000
Tax returns filed1,240This ZIP1,240
Total adjusted gross income$866,152,000This ZIP$866,152,000

Land area

Land area12.97 sq miThis ZIP12.97 sq mi
Water area2.22 sq miThis ZIP2.22 sq mi

Other place names in 11976

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ZIP codes near 11976

ZIPCityDistance
11932 Bridgehampton, NY 2.2 mi
11969 Southampton, NY 3.8 mi
11962 Sagaponack, NY 4.1 mi
11968 Southampton, NY 4.7 mi
11963 Sag Harbor, NY 5.2 mi
11975 Wainscott, NY 5.3 mi
11956 New Suffolk, NY 7.8 mi
11964 Shelter Island, NY 8.6 mi
11937 East Hampton, NY 9.0 mi
11935 Cutchogue, NY 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11976?

11976 is in Water Mill, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.9292, -72.3474.

What county is 11976 in?

11976 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11976?

Water Mill uses area codes 631 and 934, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11976 in?

11976 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11976?

About 2,952 people live in ZIP code 11976, in 1,315 households, at 227.6 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 11976?

$180,250 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11976?

The closest are 11932 (2.2 mi), 11969 (3.8 mi), 11962 (4.1 mi), 11968 (4.7 mi) and 11963 (5.2 mi).

Is 11976 a PO Box ZIP code?

11976 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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