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19806

ZIP 19806 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
9,777
Coordinates
39.7625, -75.5633
☼ Live from 19806 — Wilmington, DE

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Where 19806 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 19806
  • 🔢 Type 19806 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOBGI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 19,806 = 2 × 3 × 3301. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100110101011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 19805 (Wilmington, DE, 2 mi away) and 19807 (Wilmington, DE, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 19806 becomes 60891, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08619, 08691, 09186, 09618, 09681, 09816, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09681 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,689 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 86%.
  • 🎯1,218 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 19806 and you would come out at 39.76°S, 104.44°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 1.7 square miles of land, 19806 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,777This ZIP9,777
Households6,033This ZIP6,033
Housing units6,671This ZIP6,671
Median age50.3This ZIP50.3Delaware41.6US 38.9
Median household income$88,855This ZIP$88,855Delaware$84,954US $80,734
Median home value$386,000This ZIP$386,000Delaware$352,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,396This ZIP$1,396Delaware$1,401US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher70.7%This ZIP70.7%
Mean commute19.0 minThis ZIP19.0 min
Population density5,734.3 / sq miThis ZIP5,734.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments424This ZIP424
Employees4,908This ZIP4,908
Annual payroll$352,190,000This ZIP$352,190,000
Tax returns filed5,400This ZIP5,400
Total adjusted gross income$837,210,000This ZIP$837,210,000

Land area

Land area1.71 sq miThis ZIP1.71 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 19806

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

ZIP codes near 19806

ZIPCityDistance
19884 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19885 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19886 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19893 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19894 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19895 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19898 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19899 Wilmington, DE 1.5 mi
19805 Wilmington, DE 2.0 mi
19802 Wilmington, DE 2.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 19806?

19806 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 39.7625, -75.5633.

What county is 19806 in?

19806 lies in New Castle County.

What area code is 19806?

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

What time zone is 19806 in?

19806 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 19806?

About 9,777 people live in ZIP code 19806, in 6,033 households, at 5,734.3 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 19806?

$88,855 a year, against $84,954 across Delaware.

What ZIP codes are near 19806?

The closest are 19884 (1.5 mi), 19885 (1.5 mi), 19886 (1.5 mi), 19893 (1.5 mi) and 19894 (1.5 mi).

Is 19806 a PO Box ZIP code?

19806 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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