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23236

ZIP 23236 is in Richmond, Virginia, in Chesterfield County; area codes 804 and 686; Eastern time. Richmond has 39 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chesterfield
Metro area
Richmond, VA
Population
27,903
Coordinates
37.4758, -77.5853
☼ Live from 23236 — Richmond, VA

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Where 23236 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23236
  • 🔢 Type 23236 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEZEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,236 = 2 × 2 × 37 × 157. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101011000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23235 (Richmond, VA, 3 mi away) and 23237 (Richmond, VA, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23236 becomes 63232, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23326, 26323, 32236, 32326, 32362, 33622, …). The farthest-flung twin is 62323 in Chambersburg, IL, 724 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,142 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23236 and you would come out at 37.48°S, 102.41°E — 853 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 45m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 14.5 square miles of land, 23236 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,903This ZIP27,903
Households10,761This ZIP10,761
Housing units11,207This ZIP11,207
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$110,499This ZIP$110,499Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$346,900This ZIP$346,900Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,811This ZIP$1,811Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.3%This ZIP47.3%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density1,919.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,919.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments789This ZIP789
Employees11,148This ZIP11,148
Annual payroll$696,286,000This ZIP$696,286,000
Tax returns filed14,530This ZIP14,530
Total adjusted gross income$1,162,419,000This ZIP$1,162,419,000

Land area

Land area14.54 sq miThis ZIP14.54 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 23236

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ZIP codes near 23236

ZIPCityDistance
23235 Richmond, VA 2.9 mi
23114 Midlothian, VA 4.2 mi
23112 Midlothian, VA 4.9 mi
23225 Richmond, VA 5.1 mi
23218 Richmond, VA 6.1 mi
23241 Richmond, VA 6.1 mi
23249 Richmond, VA 6.1 mi
23274 Richmond, VA 6.1 mi
23276 Richmond, VA 6.1 mi
23278 Richmond, VA 6.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23236?

23236 is in Richmond, Virginia, in Chesterfield County, part of the Richmond, VA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.4758, -77.5853.

What county is 23236 in?

23236 lies in Chesterfield County.

What area code is 23236?

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

What time zone is 23236 in?

23236 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23236?

About 27,903 people live in ZIP code 23236, in 10,761 households, at 1,919.7 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 23236?

$110,499 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23236?

The closest are 23235 (2.9 mi), 23114 (4.2 mi), 23112 (4.9 mi), 23225 (5.1 mi) and 23218 (6.1 mi).

Is 23236 a PO Box ZIP code?

23236 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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