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ZIP 12345 is in Schenectady, New York, in Schenectady County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time. Schenectady has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Schenectady
Coordinates
42.8142, -73.9396

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 12305, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 12345 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 12345
  • 🔢 Type 12345 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShEZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • 🃏A straight: the digits run upwards one step at a time.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,345 = 3 × 5 × 823. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000000111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12325 (Schenectady, NY, 6 mi away) and 12401 (Kingston, NY, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12345 becomes 54321, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12435, 12453, 12534, 12543, 13425, 13452, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34215 in Cortez, FL, 1,168 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,290 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12345 and you would come out at 42.81°S, 106.06°E — 922 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees4,969This ZIP4,969
Annual payroll$570,639,000This ZIP$570,639,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 12345

ZIPCityDistance
12301 Schenectady, NY 0.0 mi
12305 Schenectady, NY 0.6 mi
12307 Schenectady, NY 0.7 mi
12308 Schenectady, NY 1.1 mi
12008 Alplaus, NY 3.2 mi
12304 Schenectady, NY 3.4 mi
12309 Schenectady, NY 3.9 mi
12303 Schenectady, NY 4.5 mi
12148 Rexford, NY 4.7 mi
12302 Schenectady, NY 4.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12345?

12345 is in Schenectady, New York, in Schenectady County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8142, -73.9396.

What county is 12345 in?

12345 lies in Schenectady County.

What area code is 12345?

Schenectady uses area codes 518 and 838, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12345 in?

12345 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 12345?

The closest are 12301 (0 mi), 12305 (0.6 mi), 12307 (0.7 mi), 12308 (1.1 mi) and 12008 (3.2 mi).

Is 12345 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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