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11978

ZIP 11978 is Westhampton Beach, New York, in Suffolk County; area code 631; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk
Population
4,705
Coordinates
40.8256, -72.6375
☼ Live from 11978 — Westhampton Beach, NY

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Where 11978 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 11978
  • 🔢 Type 11978 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLGII — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 11,978 = 2 × 53 × 113. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111011001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 11977 (Westhampton, NY, 2 mi away) and 11980 (Yaphank, NY, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 11978 becomes 87911, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11789, 11798, 17981, 18917, 18971, 19178, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97118 in Garibaldi, OR, 2,559 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,363 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 11978 and you would come out at 40.83°S, 107.36°E — 773 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 14m.
  • 📏 At 10.2 square miles of land, 11978 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,705This ZIP4,705
Households1,704This ZIP1,704
Housing units4,037This ZIP4,037
Median age45.1This ZIP45.1New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$125,179This ZIP$125,179New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$1,054,000This ZIP$1,054,000New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,150This ZIP$2,150New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.5%This ZIP57.5%
Mean commute27.3 minThis ZIP27.3 min
Population density462.8 / sq miThis ZIP462.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments340This ZIP340
Employees2,397This ZIP2,397
Annual payroll$148,354,000This ZIP$148,354,000
Tax returns filed2,160This ZIP2,160
Total adjusted gross income$501,964,000This ZIP$501,964,000

Land area

Land area10.17 sq miThis ZIP10.17 sq mi
Water area2.38 sq miThis ZIP2.38 sq mi

Other place names in 11978

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ZIP codes near 11978

ZIPCityDistance
11959 Quogue, NY 1.5 mi
11977 Westhampton, NY 2.2 mi
11972 Speonk, NY 3.3 mi
11960 Remsenburg, NY 3.7 mi
11942 East Quogue, NY 3.8 mi
11941 Eastport, NY 4.5 mi
11940 East Moriches, NY 6.3 mi
11946 Hampton Bays, NY 6.8 mi
11901 Riverhead, NY 7.1 mi
11931 Aquebogue, NY 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 11978?

11978 is in Westhampton Beach, New York, in Suffolk County, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.8256, -72.6375.

What county is 11978 in?

11978 lies in Suffolk County.

What area code is 11978?

Westhampton Beach uses area code 631, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 11978 in?

11978 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 11978?

About 4,705 people live in ZIP code 11978, in 1,704 households, at 462.8 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 11978?

$125,179 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 11978?

The closest are 11959 (1.5 mi), 11977 (2.2 mi), 11972 (3.3 mi), 11960 (3.7 mi) and 11942 (3.8 mi).

Is 11978 a PO Box ZIP code?

11978 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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