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14902

ZIP 14902 is in Elmira, New York, in Chemung County; area code 607; Eastern time. Elmira has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 14901, 14903, 14904 and 14905.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chemung
Metro area
Elmira, NY
Coordinates
42.1473, -76.7509

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 14901, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 14902 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 14902
  • 🔢 Type 14902 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOGhI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 14,902 = 2 × 7451. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101000110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 14901 (Elmira, NY, 5 mi away) and 14903 (Elmira, NY, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 14902 becomes 20941, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 56 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02149, 02914, 04219, 04291, 04912, 04921, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09142 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,018 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,146 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 14902 and you would come out at 42.15°S, 103.25°E — 988 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 16m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 06m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees832This ZIP832
Annual payroll$44,963,000This ZIP$44,963,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 14902

ZIPCityDistance
14816 Breesport, NY 3.6 mi
14901 Elmira, NY 5.1 mi
14838 Erin, NY 5.2 mi
14861 Lowman, NY 5.3 mi
14845 Horseheads, NY 6.0 mi
14904 Elmira, NY 6.1 mi
14905 Elmira, NY 6.3 mi
14903 Elmira, NY 6.9 mi
14825 Chemung, NY 8.5 mi
14824 Cayuta, NY 8.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 14902?

14902 is in Elmira, New York, in Chemung County, part of the Elmira, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.1473, -76.7509.

What county is 14902 in?

14902 lies in Chemung County.

What area code is 14902?

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

What time zone is 14902 in?

14902 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 14902?

The closest are 14816 (3.6 mi), 14901 (5.1 mi), 14838 (5.2 mi), 14861 (5.3 mi) and 14845 (6 mi).

Is 14902 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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