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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/21915

21915

ZIP 21915 is Chesapeake City, Maryland, in Cecil County; area codes 667, 410 and 443; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cecil
Population
2,471
Coordinates
39.4961, -75.8482
☼ Live from 21915 — Chesapeake City, MD

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Where 21915 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 21915
  • 🔢 Type 21915 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIGIZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 21,915 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 487. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101010110011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 21914 (Charlestown, MD, 9 mi away) and 21916 (Childs, MD, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 21915 becomes 51912, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11952, 12159, 12195, 12915, 15129, 15219, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95112 in San Jose, CA, 2,469 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,206 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 21915 and you would come out at 39.50°S, 104.15°E — 837 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 58m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
  • 📏 At 22.8 square miles of land, 21915 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,471This ZIP2,471
Households1,217This ZIP1,217
Housing units1,618This ZIP1,618
Median age51.9This ZIP51.9Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$95,875This ZIP$95,875Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median home value$376,500This ZIP$376,500Maryland$419,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$825This ZIP$825Maryland$1,705US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.2%This ZIP21.2%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density108.6 / sq miThis ZIP108.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments83This ZIP83
Employees940This ZIP940
Annual payroll$50,880,000This ZIP$50,880,000
Tax returns filed1,470This ZIP1,470
Total adjusted gross income$142,176,000This ZIP$142,176,000

Land area

Land area22.76 sq miThis ZIP22.76 sq mi
Water area4.35 sq miThis ZIP4.35 sq mi

Other place names in 21915

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

ZIP codes near 21915

ZIPCityDistance
21912 Warwick, MD 5.5 mi
21913 Cecilton, MD 5.8 mi
21919 Earleville, MD 7.0 mi
21922 Elkton, MD 7.7 mi
21901 North East, MD 8.7 mi
21930 Georgetown, MD 9.0 mi
21921 Elkton, MD 9.1 mi
21914 Charlestown, MD 9.1 mi
19709 Middletown, DE 9.1 mi
19701 Bear, DE 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 21915?

21915 is in Chesapeake City, Maryland, in Cecil County, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4961, -75.8482.

What county is 21915 in?

21915 lies in Cecil County.

What area code is 21915?

Chesapeake City uses area codes 667, 410 and 443, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 21915 in?

21915 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 21915?

About 2,471 people live in ZIP code 21915, in 1,217 households, at 108.6 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 21915?

$95,875 a year, against $103,678 across Maryland.

What ZIP codes are near 21915?

The closest are 21912 (5.5 mi), 21913 (5.8 mi), 21919 (7 mi), 21922 (7.7 mi) and 21901 (8.7 mi).

Is 21915 a PO Box ZIP code?

21915 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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