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23703

ZIP 23703 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
25,610
Coordinates
36.8933, -76.3733
☼ Live from 23703 — Portsmouth, VA

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Where 23703 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23703
  • 🔢 Type 23703 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOLEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,703 = 3 × 7901. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110010010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23702 (Portsmouth, VA, 7 mi away) and 23704 (Portsmouth, VA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23703 becomes 30732 — and that is a real ZIP code: Oakman, GA, 494 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02337, 03237, 03273, 20373, 20733, 23307, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73023 in Chickasha, OK, 1,210 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,217 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23703 and you would come out at 36.89°S, 103.63°E — 776 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 13.9 square miles of land, 23703 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,610This ZIP25,610
Households10,026This ZIP10,026
Housing units10,665This ZIP10,665
Median age35.6This ZIP35.6Virginia39.0US 38.9
Median household income$78,707This ZIP$78,707Virginia$93,170US $80,734
Median home value$295,900This ZIP$295,900Virginia$383,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,432This ZIP$1,432Virginia$1,579US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher32.4%This ZIP32.4%
Mean commute22.8 minThis ZIP22.8 min
Population density1,837.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,837.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments274This ZIP274
Employees3,384This ZIP3,384
Annual payroll$191,609,000This ZIP$191,609,000
Tax returns filed12,440This ZIP12,440
Total adjusted gross income$799,822,000This ZIP$799,822,000

Land area

Land area13.94 sq miThis ZIP13.94 sq mi
Water area10.05 sq miThis ZIP10.05 sq mi

Other place names in 23703

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ZIP codes near 23703

ZIPCityDistance
23705 Portsmouth, VA 2.0 mi
23508 Norfolk, VA 3.5 mi
23707 Portsmouth, VA 4.0 mi
23505 Norfolk, VA 4.3 mi
23507 Norfolk, VA 4.4 mi
23511 Norfolk, VA 4.7 mi
23517 Norfolk, VA 4.8 mi
23551 Norfolk, VA 4.9 mi
23708 Portsmouth, VA 5.0 mi
23510 Norfolk, VA 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23703?

23703 is in Portsmouth, Virginia, in Portsmouth city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8933, -76.3733.

What county is 23703 in?

23703 lies in Portsmouth city.

What area code is 23703?

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

What time zone is 23703 in?

23703 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23703?

About 25,610 people live in ZIP code 23703, in 10,026 households, at 1,837.7 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 23703?

$78,707 a year, against $93,170 across Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 23703?

The closest are 23705 (2 mi), 23508 (3.5 mi), 23707 (4 mi), 23505 (4.3 mi) and 23507 (4.4 mi).

Is 23703 a PO Box ZIP code?

23703 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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