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13642

ZIP 13642 is Gouverneur, New York, mostly in St. Lawrence County; area codes 315 and 680; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
St. Lawrence +1 more
Population
9,043
Coordinates
44.3267, -75.4676
☼ Live from 13642 — Gouverneur, NY

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Where 13642 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 13642
  • 🔢 Type 13642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgEI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 13,642 = 2 × 19 × 359. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11010101001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 13641 (Fishers Landing, NY, 27 mi away) and 13643 (Great Bend, NY, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 13642 becomes 24631 — and that is a real ZIP code: Oakwood, VA, 598 miles away.
  • 👥 60 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12436, 12463, 13426, 13624, 14263, 14623, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34216 in Anna Maria, FL, 1,228 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,221 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 13642 and you would come out at 44.33°S, 104.53°E — 1,051 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 189.1 square miles of land, 13642 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 144 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,043This ZIP9,043
Households3,613This ZIP3,613
Housing units4,305This ZIP4,305
Median age39.9This ZIP39.9New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$49,728This ZIP$49,728New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$136,400This ZIP$136,400New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$887This ZIP$887New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.0%This ZIP20.0%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density47.8 / sq miThis ZIP47.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments181This ZIP181
Employees2,378This ZIP2,378
Annual payroll$134,494,000This ZIP$134,494,000
Tax returns filed3,390This ZIP3,390
Total adjusted gross income$204,632,000This ZIP$204,632,000

Land area

Land area189.09 sq miThis ZIP189.09 sq mi
Water area4.25 sq miThis ZIP4.25 sq mi

Counties 13642 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
St. Lawrence County 91.8%
Jefferson County 8.2%

Other place names in 13642

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

ZIP codes near 13642

ZIPCityDistance
13645 Hailesboro, NY 1.6 mi
13671 Oxbow, NY 8.2 mi
13681 Richville, NY 8.4 mi
13608 Antwerp, NY 8.5 mi
13635 Edwards, NY 9.6 mi
13633 De Peyster, NY 11.0 mi
13646 Hammond, NY 13.7 mi
13630 De Kalb Junction, NY 14.2 mi
13652 Hermon, NY 14.6 mi
13648 Harrisville, NY 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 13642?

13642 is in Gouverneur, New York, in St. Lawrence County, part of the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.3267, -75.4676.

What county is 13642 in?

13642 spans 2 counties: St. Lawrence County and Jefferson County. Most of it falls in St. Lawrence County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 13642?

Gouverneur uses area codes 315 and 680, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 13642 in?

13642 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 13642?

About 9,043 people live in ZIP code 13642, in 3,613 households, at 47.8 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 13642?

$49,728 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 13642?

The closest are 13645 (1.6 mi), 13671 (8.2 mi), 13681 (8.4 mi), 13608 (8.5 mi) and 13635 (9.6 mi).

Is 13642 a PO Box ZIP code?

13642 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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