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23606

ZIP 23606 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
29,971
Coordinates
37.0657, -76.5167
☼ Live from 23606 — Newport News, VA

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Where 23606 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23606
  • 🔢 Type 23606 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOgEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,606 = 2 × 11 × 29 × 37. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110000110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23605 (Newport News, VA, 5 mi away) and 23607 (Newport News, VA, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23606 becomes 60632 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chicago, IL, 681 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02366, 02663, 03266, 06263, 20636, 23066, …). The farthest-flung twin is 66023 in Effingham, KS, 1,036 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,206 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23606 and you would come out at 37.07°S, 103.48°E — 787 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 9.7 square miles of land, 23606 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,971This ZIP29,971
Households12,422This ZIP12,422
Housing units13,408This ZIP13,408
Median age32.9This ZIP32.9Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$72,874This ZIP$72,874Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$327,200This ZIP$327,200Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,377This ZIP$1,377Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher40.3%This ZIP40.3%
Mean commute20.2 minThis ZIP20.2 min
Population density3,101.9 / sq miThis ZIP3,101.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,204This ZIP1,204
Employees22,455This ZIP22,455
Annual payroll$1,360,782,000This ZIP$1,360,782,000
Tax returns filed13,270This ZIP13,270
Total adjusted gross income$1,051,891,000This ZIP$1,051,891,000

Land area

Land area9.66 sq miThis ZIP9.66 sq mi
Water area10.49 sq miThis ZIP10.49 sq mi

Other place names in 23606

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ZIP codes near 23606

ZIPCityDistance
23601 Newport News, VA 2.8 mi
23602 Newport News, VA 3.3 mi
23424 Rescue, VA 5.4 mi
23605 Newport News, VA 5.5 mi
23604 Fort Eustis, VA 5.6 mi
23304 Battery Park, VA 5.7 mi
23608 Newport News, VA 5.9 mi
23693 Yorktown, VA 6.0 mi
23666 Hampton, VA 6.0 mi
23630 Hampton, VA 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23606?

23606 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 37.0657, -76.5167.

What county is 23606 in?

23606 lies in Newport News city.

What area code is 23606?

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

What time zone is 23606 in?

23606 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23606?

About 29,971 people live in ZIP code 23606, in 12,422 households, at 3,101.9 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 23606?

$72,874 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23606?

The closest are 23601 (2.8 mi), 23602 (3.3 mi), 23424 (5.4 mi), 23605 (5.5 mi) and 23604 (5.6 mi).

Is 23606 a PO Box ZIP code?

23606 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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