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23605

ZIP 23605 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
13,332
Coordinates
37.0187, -76.4367
☼ Live from 23605 — Newport News, VA

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Where 23605 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 23605
  • 🔢 Type 23605 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,605 = 5 × 4721. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23604 (Fort Eustis, VA, 11 mi away) and 23606 (Newport News, VA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23605 becomes 50632 — and that is a real ZIP code: Garwin, IA, 932 miles away.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02356, 02536, 02563, 02635, 02653, 03256, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56230 in Danube, MN, 1,109 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,211 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23605 and you would come out at 37.02°S, 103.56°E — 782 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 3.7 square miles of land, 23605 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,332This ZIP13,332
Households6,321This ZIP6,321
Housing units6,933This ZIP6,933
Median age34.4This ZIP34.4Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$53,815This ZIP$53,815Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$194,900This ZIP$194,900Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,222This ZIP$1,222Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.1%This ZIP19.1%
Mean commute20.5 minThis ZIP20.5 min
Population density3,636.7 / sq miThis ZIP3,636.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments254This ZIP254
Employees3,591This ZIP3,591
Annual payroll$155,981,000This ZIP$155,981,000
Tax returns filed6,530This ZIP6,530
Total adjusted gross income$271,586,000This ZIP$271,586,000

Land area

Land area3.67 sq miThis ZIP3.67 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Counties 23605 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 85.0%
Hampton city 15.0%

Other place names in 23605

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

ZIP codes near 23605

ZIPCityDistance
23601 Newport News, VA 2.7 mi
23666 Hampton, VA 3.1 mi
23607 Newport News, VA 3.4 mi
23661 Hampton, VA 3.9 mi
23630 Hampton, VA 4.5 mi
23670 Hampton, VA 4.5 mi
23668 Hampton, VA 5.4 mi
23606 Newport News, VA 5.5 mi
23669 Hampton, VA 5.8 mi
23667 Hampton, VA 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23605?

23605 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 37.0187, -76.4367.

What county is 23605 in?

23605 spans 2 counties: Newport News city and Hampton city. 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 23605?

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

What time zone is 23605 in?

23605 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23605?

About 13,332 people live in ZIP code 23605, in 6,321 households, at 3,636.7 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 23605?

$53,815 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23605?

The closest are 23601 (2.7 mi), 23666 (3.1 mi), 23607 (3.4 mi), 23661 (3.9 mi) and 23630 (4.5 mi).

Is 23605 a PO Box ZIP code?

23605 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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