Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/14781

14781

ZIP 14781 is Sherman, New York, in Chautauqua County; area code 716; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chautauqua
Population
1,796
Coordinates
42.1667, -79.6087
☼ Live from 14781 — Sherman, NY

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 14781 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 14781
  • 🔢 Type 14781 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBLhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,781 = 3 × 13 × 379. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11100110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14779 (Salamanca, NY, 43 mi away) and 14782 (Sinclairville, NY, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14781 becomes 18741, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11784, 14718, 14817, 14871, 17814, 17841, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84711 in Annabella, UT, 1,712 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 75%.
  • 🎯1,000 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14781 and you would come out at 42.17°S, 100.39°E — 1,104 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
  • 📏 At 72.5 square miles of land, 14781 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 14781 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population1,796This ZIP1,796
Households713This ZIP713
Housing units920This ZIP920
Median age43.5This ZIP43.5New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$61,625This ZIP$61,625New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$145,300This ZIP$145,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$838This ZIP$838New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.6%This ZIP18.6%
Mean commute22.3 minThis ZIP22.3 min
Population density24.8 / sq miThis ZIP24.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees175This ZIP175
Annual payroll$5,637,000This ZIP$5,637,000
Tax returns filed880This ZIP880
Total adjusted gross income$50,673,000This ZIP$50,673,000

Land area

Land area72.53 sq miThis ZIP72.53 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Other place names in 14781

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

ZIP codes near 14781

ZIPCityDistance
14775 Ripley, NY 6.3 mi
14757 Mayville, NY 7.2 mi
14736 Findley Lake, NY 7.3 mi
14722 Chautauqua, NY 7.8 mi
14724 Clymer, NY 8.9 mi
14767 Panama, NY 9.0 mi
14756 Maple Springs, NY 9.7 mi
14785 Stow, NY 10.5 mi
14787 Westfield, NY 10.6 mi
14710 Ashville, NY 11.1 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 14781 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14781?

14781 is in Sherman, New York, in Chautauqua County, part of the Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1667, -79.6087.

What county is 14781 in?

14781 lies in Chautauqua County.

What area code is 14781?

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

What time zone is 14781 in?

14781 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 14781?

About 1,796 people live in ZIP code 14781, in 713 households, at 24.8 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 14781?

$61,625 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 14781?

The closest are 14775 (6.3 mi), 14757 (7.2 mi), 14736 (7.3 mi), 14722 (7.8 mi) and 14724 (8.9 mi).

Is 14781 a PO Box ZIP code?

14781 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “14781 ZIP Code — Sherman, New York (Chautauqua County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/14781

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/14781.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.