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14072

ZIP 14072 is Grand Island, New York, in Erie County; area code 716; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Erie
Population
21,488
Coordinates
43.0179, -78.9627
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Where 14072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 14072
  • 🔢 Type 14072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 1759. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11011011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14070 (Gowanda, NY, 41 mi away) and 14075 (Hamburg, NY, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14072 becomes 27041 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pilot Mountain, NC, 463 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70142 in New Orleans, LA, 1,091 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 76%.
  • 🎯1,037 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14072 and you would come out at 43.02°S, 101.04°E — 1,113 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 28.2 square miles of land, 14072 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population21,488This ZIP21,488
Households8,807This ZIP8,807
Housing units8,910This ZIP8,910
Median age45.7This ZIP45.7New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$115,991This ZIP$115,991New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$327,000This ZIP$327,000New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,199This ZIP$1,199New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.5%This ZIP46.5%
Mean commute18.9 minThis ZIP18.9 min
Population density763.1 / sq miThis ZIP763.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments406This ZIP406
Employees6,653This ZIP6,653
Annual payroll$476,451,000This ZIP$476,451,000
Tax returns filed11,350This ZIP11,350
Total adjusted gross income$1,124,695,000This ZIP$1,124,695,000

Land area

Land area28.16 sq miThis ZIP28.16 sq mi
Water area0.73 sq miThis ZIP0.73 sq mi

Other place names in 14072

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

ZIP codes near 14072

ZIPCityDistance
14151 Tonawanda, NY 4.2 mi
14150 Tonawanda, NY 4.5 mi
14217 Buffalo, NY 5.4 mi
14207 Buffalo, NY 5.6 mi
14303 Niagara Falls, NY 5.9 mi
14304 Niagara Falls, NY 6.1 mi
14301 Niagara Falls, NY 6.6 mi
14223 Buffalo, NY 6.6 mi
14302 Niagara Falls, NY 6.8 mi
14216 Buffalo, NY 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14072?

14072 is in Grand Island, New York, in Erie County, part of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0179, -78.9627.

What county is 14072 in?

14072 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 14072?

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

What time zone is 14072 in?

14072 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 14072?

About 21,488 people live in ZIP code 14072, in 8,807 households, at 763.1 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 14072?

$115,991 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 14072?

The closest are 14151 (4.2 mi), 14150 (4.5 mi), 14217 (5.4 mi), 14207 (5.6 mi) and 14303 (5.9 mi).

Is 14072 a PO Box ZIP code?

14072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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