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23188

ZIP 23188 is in Williamsburg, Virginia, mostly in James City County; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Williamsburg has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 23185, 23186 and 23187.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
James City +2 more
Population
45,803
Coordinates
37.3416, -76.7478
☼ Live from 23188 — Williamsburg, VA

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Where 23188 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23188
  • 🔢 Type 23188 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBIEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,188 = 2 × 2 × 11 × 17 × 31. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101010010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23187 (Williamsburg, VA, 2 mi away) and 23190 (Woods Cross Roads, VA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23188 becomes 88132 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rogers, NM, 1,498 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12838, 12883, 18328, 18823, 18832, 21838, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83821 in Coolin, ID, 2,141 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,189 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23188 and you would come out at 37.34°S, 103.25°E — 807 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 97.3 square miles of land, 23188 is bigger than 77% of ZIP codes — room for about 74 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,803This ZIP45,803
Households18,947This ZIP18,947
Housing units20,504This ZIP20,504
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$103,160This ZIP$103,160Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$449,900This ZIP$449,900Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,634This ZIP$1,634Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.3%This ZIP51.3%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density470.9 / sq miThis ZIP470.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,274This ZIP1,274
Employees16,575This ZIP16,575
Annual payroll$766,370,000This ZIP$766,370,000
Tax returns filed24,330This ZIP24,330
Total adjusted gross income$2,525,190,000This ZIP$2,525,190,000

Land area

Land area97.26 sq miThis ZIP97.26 sq mi
Water area16.36 sq miThis ZIP16.36 sq mi

Counties 23188 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
James City County 73.0%
York County 25.8%
Williamsburg city 1.2%

Other place names in 23188

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

ZIP codes near 23188

ZIPCityDistance
23090 Lightfoot, VA 0.4 mi
23186 Williamsburg, VA 2.1 mi
23187 Williamsburg, VA 2.1 mi
23127 Norge, VA 2.3 mi
23168 Toano, VA 5.7 mi
23185 Williamsburg, VA 7.5 mi
23011 Barhamsville, VA 10.0 mi
23003 Ark, VA 10.2 mi
23081 Jamestown, VA 10.2 mi
23691 Yorktown, VA 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23188?

23188 is in Williamsburg, Virginia, in James City County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3416, -76.7478.

What county is 23188 in?

23188 spans 3 counties: James City County, York County and Williamsburg city. Most of it falls in James City County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 23188?

Williamsburg uses area codes 757 and 948, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 23188 in?

23188 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23188?

About 45,803 people live in ZIP code 23188, in 18,947 households, at 470.9 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 23188?

$103,160 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23188?

The closest are 23090 (0.4 mi), 23186 (2.1 mi), 23187 (2.1 mi), 23127 (2.3 mi) and 23168 (5.7 mi).

Is 23188 a PO Box ZIP code?

23188 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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