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19701

ZIP 19701 is Bear, Delaware, in New Castle County; area code 302; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Castle
Population
42,984
Coordinates
39.5839, -75.6970
☼ Live from 19701 — Bear, DE

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Where 19701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19701
  • 🔢 Type 19701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,701 = 3 × 3 × 11 × 199. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110011110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19612 (Reading, PA, 60 mi away) and 19702 (Newark, DE, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19701 becomes 10791, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01719, 01971, 07191, 09171, 10179, 10917, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09171 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,213 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19701 and you would come out at 39.58°S, 104.30°E — 834 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 22m.
  • 📏 At 26.6 square miles of land, 19701 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population42,984This ZIP42,984
Households16,599This ZIP16,599
Housing units17,077This ZIP17,077
Median age42.1This ZIP42.1Delaware41.6US 38.9
Median household income$111,198This ZIP$111,198Delaware$84,954US $80,734
Median home value$372,500This ZIP$372,500Delaware$352,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,827This ZIP$1,827Delaware$1,401US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.1%This ZIP36.1%
Mean commute27.9 minThis ZIP27.9 min
Population density1,617.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,617.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments726This ZIP726
Employees8,043This ZIP8,043
Annual payroll$349,296,000This ZIP$349,296,000
Tax returns filed21,670This ZIP21,670
Total adjusted gross income$1,845,217,000This ZIP$1,845,217,000

Land area

Land area26.57 sq miThis ZIP26.57 sq mi
Water area0.79 sq miThis ZIP0.79 sq mi

Other place names in 19701

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ZIP codes near 19701

ZIPCityDistance
19708 Kirkwood, DE 0.6 mi
19702 Newark, DE 2.9 mi
19733 Saint Georges, DE 3.0 mi
19712 Newark, DE 5.5 mi
19714 Newark, DE 5.5 mi
19715 Newark, DE 5.5 mi
19718 Newark, DE 5.5 mi
19721 New Castle, DE 5.5 mi
19725 Newark, DE 5.5 mi
19850 Wilmington, DE 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19701?

19701 is in Bear, Delaware, in New Castle County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.5839, -75.6970.

What county is 19701 in?

19701 lies in New Castle County.

What area code is 19701?

Bear uses area code 302, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 19701 in?

19701 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19701?

About 42,984 people live in ZIP code 19701, in 16,599 households, at 1,617.6 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 19701?

$111,198 a year, against $84,954 across Delaware.

What ZIP codes are near 19701?

The closest are 19708 (0.6 mi), 19702 (2.9 mi), 19733 (3 mi), 19712 (5.5 mi) and 19714 (5.5 mi).

Is 19701 a PO Box ZIP code?

19701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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