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14851

ZIP 14851 is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County; area code 607; Eastern time. Ithaca has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 14850, 14852 and 14853.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Tompkins
Metro area
Ithaca, NY
Coordinates
42.4607, -76.5054

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 14850, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 14851 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 14851
  • 🔢 Type 14851 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISBhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 14851 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101000000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14850 (Ithaca, NY, 2 mi away) and 14852 (Ithaca, NY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14851 becomes 15841 — and that is a real ZIP code: Force, PA, 132 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11548, 14518, 14815, 15148, 15841, 18415, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85141 in Picacho, AZ, 2,013 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,159 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14851 and you would come out at 42.46°S, 103.49°E — 993 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$2,616,000This ZIP$2,616,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 14851

ZIPCityDistance
14853 Ithaca, NY 1.6 mi
14850 Ithaca, NY 2.0 mi
14852 Ithaca, NY 2.2 mi
13062 Etna, NY 6.2 mi
14854 Jacksonville, NY 6.3 mi
13068 Freeville, NY 7.8 mi
14881 Slaterville Springs, NY 8.6 mi
14882 Lansing, NY 9.4 mi
14886 Trumansburg, NY 9.8 mi
14867 Newfield, NY 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14851?

14851 is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County, part of the Ithaca, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4607, -76.5054.

What county is 14851 in?

14851 lies in Tompkins County.

What area code is 14851?

Ithaca uses area code 607, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 14851 in?

14851 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 14851?

The closest are 14853 (1.6 mi), 14850 (2 mi), 14852 (2.2 mi), 13062 (6.2 mi) and 14854 (6.3 mi).

Is 14851 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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