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23456

ZIP 23456 is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in Virginia Beach City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Virginia Beach has 20 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
Population
61,911
Coordinates
36.7370, -76.0360
☼ Live from 23456 — Virginia Beach, VA

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Where 23456 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23456
  • 🔢 Type 23456 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gShEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • 🃏A straight: the digits run upwards one step at a time.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,456 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 733. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101110100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23455 (Virginia Beach, VA, 12 mi away) and 23457 (Virginia Beach, VA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23456 becomes 65432, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23465, 24536, 24563, 24635, 25364, 25634, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56324 in Dalton, MN, 1,213 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,238 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23456 and you would come out at 36.74°S, 103.96°E — 754 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 50.1 square miles of land, 23456 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population61,911This ZIP61,911
Households20,594This ZIP20,594
Housing units22,281This ZIP22,281
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$130,533This ZIP$130,533Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$474,700This ZIP$474,700Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,057This ZIP$2,057Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.2%This ZIP46.2%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density1,235.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,235.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,117This ZIP1,117
Employees13,455This ZIP13,455
Annual payroll$586,578,000This ZIP$586,578,000
Tax returns filed27,670This ZIP27,670
Total adjusted gross income$2,973,777,000This ZIP$2,973,777,000

Land area

Land area50.13 sq miThis ZIP50.13 sq mi
Water area4.41 sq miThis ZIP4.41 sq mi

Other place names in 23456

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

ZIP codes near 23456

ZIPCityDistance
23453 Virginia Beach, VA 3.8 mi
23463 Virginia Beach, VA 4.3 mi
23466 Virginia Beach, VA 4.3 mi
23467 Virginia Beach, VA 4.3 mi
23471 Virginia Beach, VA 4.3 mi
23479 Virginia Beach, VA 4.3 mi
23461 Virginia Beach, VA 4.6 mi
23460 Virginia Beach, VA 5.6 mi
23452 Virginia Beach, VA 8.1 mi
23457 Virginia Beach, VA 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23456?

23456 is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in Virginia Beach city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7370, -76.0360.

What county is 23456 in?

23456 lies in Virginia Beach city.

What area code is 23456?

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

What time zone is 23456 in?

23456 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23456?

About 61,911 people live in ZIP code 23456, in 20,594 households, at 1,235.0 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 23456?

$130,533 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23456?

The closest are 23453 (3.8 mi), 23463 (4.3 mi), 23466 (4.3 mi), 23467 (4.3 mi) and 23471 (4.3 mi).

Is 23456 a PO Box ZIP code?

23456 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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