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23551

ZIP 23551 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
1,702
Coordinates
36.9235, -76.2925
☼ Live from 23551 — Norfolk, VA

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Where 23551 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23551
  • 🔢 Type 23551 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISSEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,551 = 11 × 2141. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101101111111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23541 (Norfolk, VA, 3 mi away) and 23601 (Newport News, VA, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23551 becomes 15532 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boynton, PA, 247 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12553, 15235, 15253, 15325, 15352, 15532, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51235 in Doon, IA, 1,138 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,220 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23551 and you would come out at 36.92°S, 103.71°E — 772 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 0.486 square miles of land, 23551 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 235 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,702This ZIP1,702
Households133This ZIP133
Housing units154This ZIP154
Median age22.6This ZIP22.6Virginia39.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher14.6%This ZIP14.6%
Mean commute18.3 minThis ZIP18.3 min
Population density3,502.1 / sq miThis ZIP3,502.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees173This ZIP173
Annual payroll$17,967,000This ZIP$17,967,000

Land area

Land area0.49 sq miThis ZIP0.49 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 23551

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

ZIP codes near 23551

ZIPCityDistance
23505 Norfolk, VA 0.8 mi
23511 Norfolk, VA 1.3 mi
23503 Norfolk, VA 2.3 mi
23508 Norfolk, VA 2.8 mi
23506 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23515 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23519 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23529 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23541 Norfolk, VA 3.0 mi
23509 Norfolk, VA 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23551?

23551 is in Norfolk, Virginia, in Norfolk city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9235, -76.2925.

What county is 23551 in?

23551 lies in Norfolk city.

What area code is 23551?

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

What time zone is 23551 in?

23551 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23551?

About 1,702 people live in ZIP code 23551, in 133 households, at 3,502.1 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 23551?

The closest are 23505 (0.8 mi), 23511 (1.3 mi), 23503 (2.3 mi), 23508 (2.8 mi) and 23506 (3 mi).

Is 23551 a PO Box ZIP code?

23551 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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