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23702

ZIP 23702 is in Portsmouth, Virginia, in Portsmouth City; area codes 757 and 948; Eastern time. Portsmouth has 8 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
Population
12,485
Coordinates
36.8033, -76.3267
☼ Live from 23702 — Portsmouth, VA

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Where 23702 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23702
  • 🔢 Type 23702 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOLEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,702 = 2 × 7 × 1693. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110010010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23701 (Portsmouth, VA, 2 mi away) and 23703 (Portsmouth, VA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23702 becomes 20732 — and that is a real ZIP code: Chesapeake Beach, MD, 128 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02327, 02723, 03227, 03272, 20237, 20372, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73022 in Concho, OK, 1,208 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,221 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23702 and you would come out at 36.80°S, 103.67°E — 771 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 2.4 square miles of land, 23702 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,485This ZIP12,485
Households5,133This ZIP5,133
Housing units5,447This ZIP5,447
Median age30.9This ZIP30.9Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$48,835This ZIP$48,835Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$208,000This ZIP$208,000Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,242This ZIP$1,242Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.0%This ZIP11.0%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density5,206.4 / sq miThis ZIP5,206.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments151This ZIP151
Employees1,659This ZIP1,659
Annual payroll$64,369,000This ZIP$64,369,000
Tax returns filed5,050This ZIP5,050
Total adjusted gross income$205,970,000This ZIP$205,970,000

Land area

Land area2.40 sq miThis ZIP2.40 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 23702

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

ZIP codes near 23702

ZIPCityDistance
23704 Portsmouth, VA 1.8 mi
23709 Portsmouth, VA 1.8 mi
23701 Portsmouth, VA 2.4 mi
23707 Portsmouth, VA 2.8 mi
23324 Chesapeake, VA 3.0 mi
23708 Portsmouth, VA 3.3 mi
23523 Norfolk, VA 3.6 mi
23514 Norfolk, VA 3.8 mi
23510 Norfolk, VA 3.9 mi
23507 Norfolk, VA 4.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23702?

23702 is in Portsmouth, Virginia, in Portsmouth city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8033, -76.3267.

What county is 23702 in?

23702 lies in Portsmouth city.

What area code is 23702?

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

What time zone is 23702 in?

23702 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23702?

About 12,485 people live in ZIP code 23702, in 5,133 households, at 5,206.4 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 23702?

$48,835 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23702?

The closest are 23704 (1.8 mi), 23709 (1.8 mi), 23701 (2.4 mi), 23707 (2.8 mi) and 23324 (3 mi).

Is 23702 a PO Box ZIP code?

23702 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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