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23603

ZIP 23603 is in Newport News, Virginia, mostly 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
County
Newport News city +1 more
Population
3,504
Coordinates
37.1911, -76.5645
☼ Live from 23603 — Newport News, VA

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Where 23603 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 23603
  • 🔢 Type 23603 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 23603 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23602 (Newport News, VA, 6 mi away) and 23604 (Fort Eustis, VA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23603 becomes 30632, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02633, 03263, 06233, 06332, 23063, 23306, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33206 in Miami, FL, 817 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,201 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23603 and you would come out at 37.19°S, 103.44°E — 793 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 7.0 square miles of land, 23603 is bigger than 22% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,504This ZIP3,504
Households1,582This ZIP1,582
Housing units1,685This ZIP1,685
Median age34.8This ZIP34.8Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$88,246This ZIP$88,246Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$293,300This ZIP$293,300Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,444This ZIP$1,444Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.9%This ZIP35.9%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density504.0 / sq miThis ZIP504.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments74This ZIP74
Employees2,691This ZIP2,691
Annual payroll$198,114,000This ZIP$198,114,000
Tax returns filed1,660This ZIP1,660
Total adjusted gross income$94,534,000This ZIP$94,534,000

Land area

Land area6.95 sq miThis ZIP6.95 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

Counties 23603 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Newport News city 97.3%
York County 2.8%

Other place names in 23603

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

ZIP codes near 23603

ZIPCityDistance
23609 Newport News, VA 2.2 mi
23612 Newport News, VA 2.2 mi
23628 Newport News, VA 2.2 mi
23694 Lackey, VA 2.2 mi
23608 Newport News, VA 3.2 mi
23690 Yorktown, VA 3.2 mi
23691 Yorktown, VA 4.8 mi
23604 Fort Eustis, VA 5.2 mi
23062 Gloucester Point, VA 5.9 mi
23602 Newport News, VA 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23603?

23603 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 37.1911, -76.5645.

What county is 23603 in?

23603 spans 2 counties: Newport News city and York County. Most of it falls in Newport News 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 23603?

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

What time zone is 23603 in?

23603 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23603?

About 3,504 people live in ZIP code 23603, in 1,582 households, at 504.0 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 23603?

$88,246 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23603?

The closest are 23609 (2.2 mi), 23612 (2.2 mi), 23628 (2.2 mi), 23694 (2.2 mi) and 23608 (3.2 mi).

Is 23603 a PO Box ZIP code?

23603 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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