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23502

ZIP 23502 is in Norfolk, Virginia, in Norfolk City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Norfolk has 21 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Norfolk city
Population
20,399
Coordinates
36.8609, -76.2049
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Where 23502 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23502
  • 🔢 Type 23502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,502 = 2 × 3 × 3917. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101111001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23501 (Norfolk, VA, 2 mi away) and 23503 (Norfolk, VA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23502 becomes 20532, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02325, 02532, 03225, 03252, 20235, 20523, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50223 in Pilot Mound, IA, 1,017 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,226 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23502 and you would come out at 36.86°S, 103.80°E — 766 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 9.9 square miles of land, 23502 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,399This ZIP20,399
Households8,269This ZIP8,269
Housing units8,807This ZIP8,807
Median age37.3This ZIP37.3Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$63,208This ZIP$63,208Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$266,200This ZIP$266,200Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,398This ZIP$1,398Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.4%This ZIP23.4%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density2,059.3 / sq miThis ZIP2,059.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,154This ZIP1,154
Employees32,050This ZIP32,050
Annual payroll$2,072,726,000This ZIP$2,072,726,000
Tax returns filed9,820This ZIP9,820
Total adjusted gross income$537,676,000This ZIP$537,676,000

Land area

Land area9.91 sq miThis ZIP9.91 sq mi
Water area0.99 sq miThis ZIP0.99 sq mi

Other place names in 23502

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

ZIP codes near 23502

ZIPCityDistance
23465 Virginia Beach, VA 2.1 mi
23501 Norfolk, VA 2.4 mi
23513 Norfolk, VA 2.7 mi
23504 Norfolk, VA 3.4 mi
23509 Norfolk, VA 3.6 mi
23462 Virginia Beach, VA 3.7 mi
23455 Virginia Beach, VA 3.8 mi
23325 Chesapeake, VA 3.8 mi
23518 Norfolk, VA 3.9 mi
23523 Norfolk, VA 4.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23502?

23502 is in Norfolk, Virginia, in Norfolk city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8609, -76.2049.

What county is 23502 in?

23502 lies in Norfolk city.

What area code is 23502?

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

What time zone is 23502 in?

23502 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23502?

About 20,399 people live in ZIP code 23502, in 8,269 households, at 2,059.3 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 23502?

$63,208 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23502?

The closest are 23465 (2.1 mi), 23501 (2.4 mi), 23513 (2.7 mi), 23504 (3.4 mi) and 23509 (3.6 mi).

Is 23502 a PO Box ZIP code?

23502 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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