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19730

ZIP 19730 is Odessa, Delaware, in New Castle County; area code 302; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Castle
Population
425
Coordinates
39.4550, -75.6610
☼ Live from 19730 — Odessa, DE

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Where 19730 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19730
  • 🔢 Type 19730 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OELGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,730 = 2 × 5 × 1973. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110100010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19726 (New Castle, DE, 15 mi away) and 19731 (Port Penn, DE, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19730 becomes 03791, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01379, 01937, 07193, 07931, 09137, 09173, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09173 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,132 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,216 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19730 and you would come out at 39.45°S, 104.34°E — 827 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
  • 📏 At 0.675 square miles of land, 19730 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 327 football fields.
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People and housing

Population425This ZIP425
Households159This ZIP159
Housing units170This ZIP170
Median age43.7This ZIP43.7Delaware41.6US 38.9
Median household income$112,083This ZIP$112,083Delaware$84,954US $80,734
Median home value$322,600This ZIP$322,600Delaware$352,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher39.8%This ZIP39.8%
Mean commute32.3 minThis ZIP32.3 min
Population density629.6 / sq miThis ZIP629.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees170This ZIP170
Annual payroll$6,170,000This ZIP$6,170,000

Land area

Land area0.68 sq miThis ZIP0.68 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 19730

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

ZIP codes near 19730

ZIPCityDistance
19709 Middletown, DE 2.9 mi
19731 Port Penn, DE 4.9 mi
19734 Townsend, DE 5.1 mi
19733 Saint Georges, DE 7.2 mi
19712 Newark, DE 8.3 mi
19714 Newark, DE 8.3 mi
19715 Newark, DE 8.3 mi
19718 Newark, DE 8.3 mi
19721 New Castle, DE 8.3 mi
19725 Newark, DE 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19730?

19730 is in Odessa, Delaware, in New Castle County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4550, -75.6610.

What county is 19730 in?

19730 lies in New Castle County.

What area code is 19730?

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

What time zone is 19730 in?

19730 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19730?

About 425 people live in ZIP code 19730, in 159 households, at 629.6 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 19730?

$112,083 a year, against $84,954 across Delaware.

What ZIP codes are near 19730?

The closest are 19709 (2.9 mi), 19731 (4.9 mi), 19734 (5.1 mi), 19733 (7.2 mi) and 19712 (8.3 mi).

Is 19730 a PO Box ZIP code?

19730 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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