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19803

ZIP 19803 is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County; area code 302; Eastern time. Wilmington has 25 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Castle
Population
22,279
Coordinates
39.7999, -75.5422
☼ Live from 19803 — Wilmington, DE

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Where 19803 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 19803
  • 🔢 Type 19803 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOBGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,803 = 3 × 7 × 23 × 41. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110101011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19802 (Wilmington, DE, 3 mi away) and 19804 (Wilmington, DE, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19803 becomes 30891, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01938, 01983, 03819, 08319, 09138, 09183, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09831 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,452 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,219 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19803 and you would come out at 39.80°S, 104.46°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 12.7 square miles of land, 19803 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population22,279This ZIP22,279
Households8,679This ZIP8,679
Housing units8,831This ZIP8,831
Median age46.4This ZIP46.4Delaware41.6US 38.9
Median household income$135,218This ZIP$135,218Delaware$84,954US $80,734
Median home value$457,200This ZIP$457,200Delaware$352,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,722This ZIP$1,722Delaware$1,401US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher60.9%This ZIP60.9%
Mean commute23.1 minThis ZIP23.1 min
Population density1,759.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,759.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,108This ZIP1,108
Employees27,716This ZIP27,716
Annual payroll$2,694,812,000This ZIP$2,694,812,000
Tax returns filed11,140This ZIP11,140
Total adjusted gross income$1,650,689,000This ZIP$1,650,689,000

Land area

Land area12.66 sq miThis ZIP12.66 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 19803

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

ZIP codes near 19803

ZIPCityDistance
19732 Rockland, DE 1.7 mi
19810 Wilmington, DE 2.3 mi
19710 Montchanin, DE 2.4 mi
19806 Wilmington, DE 2.8 mi
19735 Winterthur, DE 3.0 mi
19802 Wilmington, DE 3.2 mi
19809 Wilmington, DE 3.7 mi
19884 Wilmington, DE 3.7 mi
19885 Wilmington, DE 3.7 mi
19886 Wilmington, DE 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19803?

19803 is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7999, -75.5422.

What county is 19803 in?

19803 lies in New Castle County.

What area code is 19803?

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

What time zone is 19803 in?

19803 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19803?

About 22,279 people live in ZIP code 19803, in 8,679 households, at 1,759.9 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 19803?

$135,218 a year, against $84,954 across Delaware.

What ZIP codes are near 19803?

The closest are 19732 (1.7 mi), 19810 (2.3 mi), 19710 (2.4 mi), 19806 (2.8 mi) and 19735 (3 mi).

Is 19803 a PO Box ZIP code?

19803 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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