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20196

ZIP 20196 is in Reston, Virginia, in Fairfax County; area codes 571 and 703; Eastern time. Reston has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 20190, 20191, 20194, 20195 and 22096.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfax
Coordinates
38.8318, -77.2888

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 22032, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 20196 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20196
  • 🔢 Type 20196 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGIOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,196 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 17. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 100111011100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20195 (Reston, VA, 0 mi away) and 20197 (Waterford, VA, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20196 becomes 69102, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02169, 02196, 02916, 06129, 06912, 06921, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96201 in APO AA, a military post office, 7,093 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,137 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20196 and you would come out at 38.83°S, 102.71°E — 879 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 27m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees80This ZIP80
Annual payroll$4,947,000This ZIP$4,947,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 20196

ZIPCityDistance
20122 Centreville, VA 0.0 mi
20153 Chantilly, VA 0.0 mi
20192 Herndon, VA 0.0 mi
20195 Reston, VA 0.0 mi
22009 Burke, VA 0.0 mi
22034 Fairfax, VA 0.0 mi
22037 Fairfax, VA 0.0 mi
22096 Reston, VA 0.0 mi
22103 West Mclean, VA 0.0 mi
22118 Merrifield, VA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20196?

20196 is in Reston, Virginia, in Fairfax County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.8318, -77.2888.

What county is 20196 in?

20196 lies in Fairfax County.

What area code is 20196?

Reston uses area codes 571 and 703, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20196 in?

20196 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 20196?

The closest are 20122 (0 mi), 20153 (0 mi), 20192 (0 mi), 20195 (0 mi) and 22009 (0 mi).

Is 20196 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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