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23218

ZIP 23218 is in Richmond, Virginia, in Richmond City; area codes 804 and 686; Eastern time. Richmond has 39 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Richmond city
Metro area
Richmond, VA
Coordinates
37.5242, -77.4932

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 23225, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 23218 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 23218
  • 🔢 Type 23218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,218 = 2 × 13 × 19 × 47. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101010110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23192 (Montpelier, VA, 23 mi away) and 23219 (Richmond, VA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23218 becomes 81232 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hillside, CO, 1,528 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12238, 12823, 12832, 18223, 18232, 18322, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83212 in Arbon, ID, 1,873 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,146 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23218 and you would come out at 37.52°S, 102.51°E — 849 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees339This ZIP339
Annual payroll$36,875,000This ZIP$36,875,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 23218

ZIPCityDistance
23241 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23249 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23274 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23276 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23278 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23279 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23285 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23286 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23290 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi
23291 Richmond, VA 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23218?

23218 is in Richmond, Virginia, in Richmond city, part of the Richmond, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.5242, -77.4932.

What county is 23218 in?

23218 lies in Richmond city.

What area code is 23218?

Richmond uses area codes 804 and 686, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 23218 in?

23218 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23218?

The closest are 23241 (0 mi), 23249 (0 mi), 23274 (0 mi), 23276 (0 mi) and 23278 (0 mi).

Is 23218 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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