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23602

ZIP 23602 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
42,265
Coordinates
37.1134, -76.5179
☼ Live from 23602 — Newport News, VA

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Where 23602 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23602
  • 🔢 Type 23602 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,602 = 2 × 11801. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23601 (Newport News, VA, 6 mi away) and 23603 (Newport News, VA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23602 becomes 20632 — and that is a real ZIP code: Faulkner, MD, 94 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02362, 02632, 03226, 03262, 06232, 20623, …). The farthest-flung twin is 62320 in Camp Point, IL, 811 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,205 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23602 and you would come out at 37.11°S, 103.48°E — 789 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 13.1 square miles of land, 23602 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population42,265This ZIP42,265
Households17,668This ZIP17,668
Housing units18,481This ZIP18,481
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$79,475This ZIP$79,475Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$288,200This ZIP$288,200Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,511This ZIP$1,511Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.1%This ZIP37.1%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density3,214.3 / sq miThis ZIP3,214.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments798This ZIP798
Employees19,495This ZIP19,495
Annual payroll$1,339,058,000This ZIP$1,339,058,000
Tax returns filed20,240This ZIP20,240
Total adjusted gross income$1,276,951,000This ZIP$1,276,951,000

Land area

Land area13.15 sq miThis ZIP13.15 sq mi
Water area0.96 sq miThis ZIP0.96 sq mi

Other place names in 23602

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ZIP codes near 23602

ZIPCityDistance
23608 Newport News, VA 2.7 mi
23606 Newport News, VA 3.3 mi
23604 Fort Eustis, VA 4.2 mi
23693 Yorktown, VA 4.2 mi
23601 Newport News, VA 5.6 mi
23609 Newport News, VA 5.7 mi
23612 Newport News, VA 5.7 mi
23628 Newport News, VA 5.7 mi
23603 Newport News, VA 5.9 mi
23666 Hampton, VA 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23602?

23602 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 37.1134, -76.5179.

What county is 23602 in?

23602 lies in Newport News city.

What area code is 23602?

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

What time zone is 23602 in?

23602 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23602?

About 42,265 people live in ZIP code 23602, in 17,668 households, at 3,214.3 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 23602?

$79,475 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23602?

The closest are 23608 (2.7 mi), 23606 (3.3 mi), 23604 (4.2 mi), 23693 (4.2 mi) and 23601 (5.6 mi).

Is 23602 a PO Box ZIP code?

23602 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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