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14070

ZIP 14070 is Gowanda, New York, mostly in Cattaraugus County; area code 716; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cattaraugus +1 more
Metro area
Olean, NY
Population
5,001
Coordinates
42.4197, -78.9177
☼ Live from 14070 — Gowanda, NY

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Where 14070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 14070
  • 🔢 Type 14070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,070 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 67. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11011011110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14069 (Glenwood, NY, 19 mi away) and 14072 (Grand Island, NY, 41 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14070 becomes 07041 — and that is a real ZIP code: Millburn, NJ, 266 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00714, 00741, 01074, 01470, 01704, 01740, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00714 in Arroyo, PR, 1,849 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,036 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14070 and you would come out at 42.42°S, 101.08°E — 1,086 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 50.8 square miles of land, 14070 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,001This ZIP5,001
Households2,031This ZIP2,031
Housing units2,422This ZIP2,422
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$53,310This ZIP$53,310New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$117,900This ZIP$117,900New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$771This ZIP$771New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.1%This ZIP15.1%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density98.5 / sq miThis ZIP98.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments107This ZIP107
Employees1,040This ZIP1,040
Annual payroll$38,665,000This ZIP$38,665,000
Tax returns filed2,280This ZIP2,280
Total adjusted gross income$130,564,000This ZIP$130,564,000

Land area

Land area50.78 sq miThis ZIP50.78 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

Counties 14070 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Cattaraugus County 58.0%
Erie County 42.0%

Other place names in 14070

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ZIP codes near 14070

ZIPCityDistance
14041 Dayton, NY 3.3 mi
14035 Collins Center, NY 5.8 mi
14719 Cattaraugus, NY 5.8 mi
14034 Collins, NY 6.2 mi
14129 Perrysburg, NY 6.6 mi
14766 Otto, NY 7.1 mi
14168 Versailles, NY 7.3 mi
14138 South Dayton, NY 7.3 mi
14091 Lawtons, NY 8.3 mi
14729 East Otto, NY 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14070?

14070 is in Gowanda, New York, in Cattaraugus County, part of the Olean, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4197, -78.9177.

What county is 14070 in?

14070 spans 2 counties: Cattaraugus County and Erie County. Most of it falls in Cattaraugus 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 14070?

Gowanda uses area code 716, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 14070 in?

14070 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 14070?

About 5,001 people live in ZIP code 14070, in 2,031 households, at 98.5 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 14070?

$53,310 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 14070?

The closest are 14041 (3.3 mi), 14035 (5.8 mi), 14719 (5.8 mi), 14034 (6.2 mi) and 14129 (6.6 mi).

Is 14070 a PO Box ZIP code?

14070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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