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23461

ZIP 23461 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
943
Coordinates
36.7706, -75.9638
☼ Live from 23461 — Virginia Beach, VA

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Where 23461 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23461
  • 🔢 Type 23461 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IghEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,461 = 29 × 809. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101110100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23460 (Virginia Beach, VA, 5 mi away) and 23462 (Virginia Beach, VA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23461 becomes 16432 — and that is a real ZIP code: Riceville, PA, 402 miles away.
  • 👥 60 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12436, 12463, 13426, 13624, 13642, 14263, …). The farthest-flung twin is 64132 in Kansas City, MO, 1,023 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 85%.
  • 🎯1,241 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23461 and you would come out at 36.77°S, 104.04°E — 751 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 23461 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 609 football fields.
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People and housing

Population943This ZIP943
Households0
Housing units0
Median age20.6This ZIP20.6Virginia39.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute9.6 minThis ZIP9.6 min
Population density749.6 / sq miThis ZIP749.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees312This ZIP312
Annual payroll$25,418,000This ZIP$25,418,000

Land area

Land area1.26 sq miThis ZIP1.26 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 23461

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

ZIP codes near 23461

ZIPCityDistance
23463 Virginia Beach, VA 3.2 mi
23466 Virginia Beach, VA 3.2 mi
23467 Virginia Beach, VA 3.2 mi
23471 Virginia Beach, VA 3.2 mi
23479 Virginia Beach, VA 3.2 mi
23456 Virginia Beach, VA 4.6 mi
23460 Virginia Beach, VA 5.0 mi
23458 Virginia Beach, VA 5.7 mi
23453 Virginia Beach, VA 6.0 mi
23451 Virginia Beach, VA 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23461?

23461 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 36.7706, -75.9638.

What county is 23461 in?

23461 lies in Virginia Beach city.

What area code is 23461?

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

What time zone is 23461 in?

23461 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23461?

About 943 people live in ZIP code 23461, at 749.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 23461?

The closest are 23463 (3.2 mi), 23466 (3.2 mi), 23467 (3.2 mi), 23471 (3.2 mi) and 23479 (3.2 mi).

Is 23461 a PO Box ZIP code?

23461 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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