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19736

ZIP 19736 is Yorklyn, Delaware, in New Castle County; area code 302; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Castle
Population
127
Coordinates
39.7803, -75.6428
☼ Live from 19736 — Yorklyn, DE

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Where 19736 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19736
  • 🔢 Type 19736 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gELGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,736 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2467. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110100011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19735 (Winterthur, DE, 3 mi away) and 19801 (Wilmington, DE, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19736 becomes 63791, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13679, 13697, 13796, 16937, 17936, 17963, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96731 in Kahuku, HI, 4,880 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,214 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19736 and you would come out at 39.78°S, 104.36°E — 840 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 0.151 square miles of land, 19736 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 73 football fields.
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People and housing

Population127This ZIP127
Households39This ZIP39
Housing units39This ZIP39
Median age53.5This ZIP53.5Delaware41.6US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Population density841.1 / sq miThis ZIP841.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments13This ZIP13
Employees109This ZIP109
Annual payroll$4,530,000This ZIP$4,530,000
Tax returns filed110This ZIP110
Total adjusted gross income$24,511,000This ZIP$24,511,000

Land area

Land area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 19736

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

ZIP codes near 19736

ZIPCityDistance
19807 Wilmington, DE 1.9 mi
19707 Hockessin, DE 2.2 mi
19735 Winterthur, DE 3.0 mi
19710 Montchanin, DE 3.2 mi
19808 Wilmington, DE 3.2 mi
19805 Wilmington, DE 3.6 mi
19732 Rockland, DE 3.9 mi
19804 Wilmington, DE 4.4 mi
19806 Wilmington, DE 4.4 mi
19357 Mendenhall, PA 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19736?

19736 is in Yorklyn, Delaware, in New Castle County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7803, -75.6428.

What county is 19736 in?

19736 lies in New Castle County.

What area code is 19736?

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

What time zone is 19736 in?

19736 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19736?

About 127 people live in ZIP code 19736, in 39 households, at 841.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 19736?

The closest are 19807 (1.9 mi), 19707 (2.2 mi), 19735 (3 mi), 19710 (3.2 mi) and 19808 (3.2 mi).

Is 19736 a PO Box ZIP code?

19736 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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