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14208

ZIP 14208 is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County; area code 716; Eastern time. Buffalo has 44 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Erie
Population
12,572
Coordinates
42.9146, -78.8515
☼ Live from 14208 — Buffalo, NY

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Where 14208 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 14208
  • 🔢 Type 14208 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOZhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,208 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 37. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11011110000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14207 (Buffalo, NY, 4 mi away) and 14209 (Buffalo, NY, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14208 becomes 80241 — and that is a real ZIP code: Thornton, CO, 1,362 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01824, 01842, 02148, 02184, 02481, 02814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84120 in West Valley City, UT, 1,703 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 77%.
  • 🎯1,042 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14208 and you would come out at 42.91°S, 101.15°E — 1,104 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 1.2 square miles of land, 14208 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 562 football fields.
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People and housing

Population12,572This ZIP12,572
Households4,727This ZIP4,727
Housing units5,690This ZIP5,690
Median age30.3This ZIP30.3New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$48,476This ZIP$48,476New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$130,200This ZIP$130,200New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$967This ZIP$967New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%This ZIP23.3%
Mean commute20.1 minThis ZIP20.1 min
Population density10,828.6 / sq miThis ZIP10,828.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments106This ZIP106
Employees1,988This ZIP1,988
Annual payroll$62,948,000This ZIP$62,948,000
Tax returns filed3,940This ZIP3,940
Total adjusted gross income$142,900,000This ZIP$142,900,000

Land area

Land area1.16 sq miThis ZIP1.16 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 14208

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ZIP codes near 14208

ZIPCityDistance
14209 Buffalo, NY 0.7 mi
14222 Buffalo, NY 1.4 mi
14211 Buffalo, NY 1.7 mi
14214 Buffalo, NY 1.8 mi
14213 Buffalo, NY 2.1 mi
14212 Buffalo, NY 2.1 mi
14201 Buffalo, NY 2.2 mi
14264 Buffalo, NY 2.3 mi
14204 Buffalo, NY 2.3 mi
14205 Buffalo, NY 2.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14208?

14208 is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County, part of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9146, -78.8515.

What county is 14208 in?

14208 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 14208?

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

What time zone is 14208 in?

14208 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 14208?

About 12,572 people live in ZIP code 14208, in 4,727 households, at 10,828.6 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 14208?

$48,476 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 14208?

The closest are 14209 (0.7 mi), 14222 (1.4 mi), 14211 (1.7 mi), 14214 (1.8 mi) and 14213 (2.1 mi).

Is 14208 a PO Box ZIP code?

14208 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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