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23462

ZIP 23462 is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, mostly 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
County
Virginia Beach city +1 more
Population
66,151
Coordinates
36.8362, -76.1459
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Where 23462 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 23462
  • 🔢 Type 23462 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZghEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,462 = 2 × 11731. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101110100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23461 (Virginia Beach, VA, 11 mi away) and 23463 (Virginia Beach, VA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23462 becomes 26432, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22436, 22463, 22643, 23426, 24236, 24263, …). The farthest-flung twin is 62324 in Clayton, IL, 830 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,230 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23462 and you would come out at 36.84°S, 103.85°E — 762 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 11.0 square miles of land, 23462 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population66,151This ZIP66,151
Households28,527This ZIP28,527
Housing units30,290This ZIP30,290
Median age36.3This ZIP36.3Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$69,040This ZIP$69,040Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$286,500This ZIP$286,500Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,713This ZIP$1,713Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.7%This ZIP30.7%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density5,997.9 / sq miThis ZIP5,997.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,006This ZIP2,006
Employees33,985This ZIP33,985
Annual payroll$1,992,821,000This ZIP$1,992,821,000
Tax returns filed32,700This ZIP32,700
Total adjusted gross income$1,935,334,000This ZIP$1,935,334,000

Land area

Land area11.03 sq miThis ZIP11.03 sq mi
Water area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi

Counties 23462 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Virginia Beach city 100.0%
Norfolk city 0.0%

Other place names in 23462

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ZIP codes near 23462

ZIPCityDistance
23450 Virginia Beach, VA 1.5 mi
23465 Virginia Beach, VA 1.6 mi
23452 Virginia Beach, VA 3.1 mi
23455 Virginia Beach, VA 3.3 mi
23464 Virginia Beach, VA 3.6 mi
23502 Norfolk, VA 3.7 mi
23501 Norfolk, VA 5.4 mi
23454 Virginia Beach, VA 5.4 mi
23325 Chesapeake, VA 5.4 mi
23453 Virginia Beach, VA 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23462?

23462 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 36.8362, -76.1459.

What county is 23462 in?

23462 spans 2 counties: Virginia Beach city and Norfolk city. Most of it falls in Virginia Beach city, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 23462?

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

What time zone is 23462 in?

23462 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23462?

About 66,151 people live in ZIP code 23462, in 28,527 households, at 5,997.9 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 23462?

$69,040 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23462?

The closest are 23450 (1.5 mi), 23465 (1.6 mi), 23452 (3.1 mi), 23455 (3.3 mi) and 23464 (3.6 mi).

Is 23462 a PO Box ZIP code?

23462 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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