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23438

ZIP 23438 is in Suffolk, Virginia, in Suffolk City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Suffolk has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Suffolk city
Population
1,749
Coordinates
36.5812, -76.6972
☼ Live from 23438 — Suffolk, VA

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Where 23438 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23438
  • 🔢 Type 23438 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEhEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,438 = 2 × 11719. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101110001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23437 (Suffolk, VA, 7 mi away) and 23439 (Suffolk, VA, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23438 becomes 83432, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23483, 23834, 23843, 28334, 28343, 28433, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83324 in Dietrich, ID, 2,025 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,206 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23438 and you would come out at 36.58°S, 103.30°E — 784 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 39.7 square miles of land, 23438 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,749This ZIP1,749
Households672This ZIP672
Housing units724This ZIP724
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$93,750This ZIP$93,750Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$292,600This ZIP$292,600Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$950This ZIP$950Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.9%This ZIP20.9%
Mean commute41.0 minThis ZIP41.0 min
Population density44.0 / sq miThis ZIP44.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees122This ZIP122
Annual payroll$5,103,000This ZIP$5,103,000
Tax returns filed940This ZIP940
Total adjusted gross income$66,849,000This ZIP$66,849,000

Land area

Land area39.71 sq miThis ZIP39.71 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 23438

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

ZIP codes near 23438

ZIPCityDistance
27937 Gates, NC 6.4 mi
23437 Suffolk, VA 6.7 mi
27926 Corapeake, NC 7.3 mi
27969 Roduco, NC 10.0 mi
23434 Suffolk, VA 10.2 mi
23439 Suffolk, VA 11.5 mi
27979 Sunbury, NC 12.5 mi
23315 Carrsville, VA 13.4 mi
27938 Gatesville, NC 13.6 mi
27935 Eure, NC 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23438?

23438 is in Suffolk, Virginia, in Suffolk city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5812, -76.6972.

What county is 23438 in?

23438 lies in Suffolk city.

What area code is 23438?

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

What time zone is 23438 in?

23438 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23438?

About 1,749 people live in ZIP code 23438, in 672 households, at 44.0 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 23438?

$93,750 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23438?

The closest are 27937 (6.4 mi), 23437 (6.7 mi), 27926 (7.3 mi), 27969 (10 mi) and 23434 (10.2 mi).

Is 23438 a PO Box ZIP code?

23438 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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