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23601

ZIP 23601 is in Newport News, Virginia, in Newport News City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Newport News has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
Population
26,645
Coordinates
37.0379, -76.4798
☼ Live from 23601 — Newport News, VA

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Where 23601 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23601
  • 🔢 Type 23601 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,601 = 3 × 7867. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23551 (Norfolk, VA, 13 mi away) and 23602 (Newport News, VA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23601 becomes 10632, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01236, 01263, 02136, 02163, 02361, 02631, …). The farthest-flung twin is 62301 in Quincy, IL, 830 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,208 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23601 and you would come out at 37.04°S, 103.52°E — 785 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 7.4 square miles of land, 23601 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,645This ZIP26,645
Households11,493This ZIP11,493
Housing units12,548This ZIP12,548
Median age37.1This ZIP37.1Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$71,279This ZIP$71,279Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$243,800This ZIP$243,800Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,340This ZIP$1,340Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.9%This ZIP29.9%
Mean commute20.4 minThis ZIP20.4 min
Population density3,583.2 / sq miThis ZIP3,583.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments557This ZIP557
Employees11,147This ZIP11,147
Annual payroll$748,282,000This ZIP$748,282,000
Tax returns filed12,300This ZIP12,300
Total adjusted gross income$789,859,000This ZIP$789,859,000

Land area

Land area7.44 sq miThis ZIP7.44 sq mi
Water area8.65 sq miThis ZIP8.65 sq mi

Other place names in 23601

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

ZIP codes near 23601

ZIPCityDistance
23605 Newport News, VA 2.7 mi
23606 Newport News, VA 2.8 mi
23666 Hampton, VA 4.2 mi
23424 Rescue, VA 5.5 mi
23630 Hampton, VA 5.5 mi
23670 Hampton, VA 5.5 mi
23607 Newport News, VA 5.6 mi
23602 Newport News, VA 5.6 mi
23304 Battery Park, VA 5.9 mi
23314 Carrollton, VA 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23601?

23601 is in Newport News, Virginia, in Newport News city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0379, -76.4798.

What county is 23601 in?

23601 lies in Newport News city.

What area code is 23601?

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

What time zone is 23601 in?

23601 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23601?

About 26,645 people live in ZIP code 23601, in 11,493 households, at 3,583.2 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 23601?

$71,279 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23601?

The closest are 23605 (2.7 mi), 23606 (2.8 mi), 23666 (4.2 mi), 23424 (5.5 mi) and 23630 (5.5 mi).

Is 23601 a PO Box ZIP code?

23601 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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