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19734

ZIP 19734 is Townsend, Delaware, in New Castle County; area code 302; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Castle
Population
14,214
Coordinates
39.3816, -75.6533
☼ Live from 19734 — Townsend, DE

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Where 19734 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19734
  • 🔢 Type 19734 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hELGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,734 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 13 × 23. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110100010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19733 (Saint Georges, DE, 12 mi away) and 19735 (Winterthur, DE, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19734 becomes 43791 — and that is a real ZIP code: White Cottage, OH, 344 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13479, 13749, 13794, 14739, 17349, 17934, …). The farthest-flung twin is 94137 in San Francisco, CA, 2,500 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,217 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19734 and you would come out at 39.38°S, 104.35°E — 824 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
  • 📏 At 79.9 square miles of land, 19734 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 61 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,214This ZIP14,214
Households4,534This ZIP4,534
Housing units4,723This ZIP4,723
Median age37.5This ZIP37.5Delaware41.6US 38.9
Median household income$127,803This ZIP$127,803Delaware$84,954US $80,734
Median home value$430,700This ZIP$430,700Delaware$352,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,324This ZIP$1,324Delaware$1,401US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.2%This ZIP33.2%
Mean commute36.0 minThis ZIP36.0 min
Population density178.0 / sq miThis ZIP178.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments168This ZIP168
Employees1,069This ZIP1,069
Annual payroll$65,139,000This ZIP$65,139,000
Tax returns filed6,830This ZIP6,830
Total adjusted gross income$609,297,000This ZIP$609,297,000

Land area

Land area79.86 sq miThis ZIP79.86 sq mi
Water area3.90 sq miThis ZIP3.90 sq mi

Other place names in 19734

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

ZIP codes near 19734

ZIPCityDistance
19730 Odessa, DE 5.1 mi
19709 Middletown, DE 7.9 mi
19977 Smyrna, DE 8.1 mi
19938 Clayton, DE 9.0 mi
21912 Warwick, MD 9.2 mi
19731 Port Penn, DE 9.3 mi
21650 Massey, MD 9.6 mi
08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 10.6 mi
19955 Kenton, DE 10.7 mi
21635 Galena, MD 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19734?

19734 is in Townsend, Delaware, in New Castle County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.3816, -75.6533.

What county is 19734 in?

19734 lies in New Castle County.

What area code is 19734?

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

What time zone is 19734 in?

19734 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19734?

About 14,214 people live in ZIP code 19734, in 4,534 households, at 178.0 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 19734?

$127,803 a year, against $84,954 across Delaware.

What ZIP codes are near 19734?

The closest are 19730 (5.1 mi), 19709 (7.9 mi), 19977 (8.1 mi), 19938 (9 mi) and 21912 (9.2 mi).

Is 19734 a PO Box ZIP code?

19734 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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