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23708

ZIP 23708 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
269
Coordinates
36.8477, -76.3041
☼ Live from 23708 — Portsmouth, VA

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Where 23708 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23708
  • 🔢 Type 23708 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOLEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,708 = 2 × 2 × 5927. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110010011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23707 (Portsmouth, VA, 2 mi away) and 23709 (Portsmouth, VA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23708 becomes 80732 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hereford, CO, 1,525 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02738, 02783, 02837, 02873, 03278, 03287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83720 in Boise, ID, 2,134 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 23708 and you would come out at 36.85°S, 103.70°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 0.173 square miles of land, 23708 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 84 football fields.
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People and housing

Population269This ZIP269
Households3This ZIP3
Housing units3This ZIP3
Median age22.5This ZIP22.5Virginia39.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher62.5%This ZIP62.5%
Mean commute13.3 minThis ZIP13.3 min
Population density1,554.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,554.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments18This ZIP18
Employees2,064This ZIP2,064
Annual payroll$226,576,000This ZIP$226,576,000
Tax returns filed150This ZIP150
Total adjusted gross income$4,042,000This ZIP$4,042,000

Land area

Land area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Other place names in 23708

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

ZIP codes near 23708

ZIPCityDistance
23510 Norfolk, VA 0.8 mi
23514 Norfolk, VA 1.0 mi
23507 Norfolk, VA 1.2 mi
23704 Portsmouth, VA 1.5 mi
23517 Norfolk, VA 1.6 mi
23707 Portsmouth, VA 2.0 mi
23523 Norfolk, VA 2.1 mi
23709 Portsmouth, VA 2.1 mi
23504 Norfolk, VA 2.2 mi
23508 Norfolk, VA 2.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23708?

23708 is in Portsmouth, Virginia, in Portsmouth city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8477, -76.3041.

What county is 23708 in?

23708 lies in Portsmouth city.

What area code is 23708?

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

What time zone is 23708 in?

23708 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23708?

About 269 people live in ZIP code 23708, in 3 households, at 1,554.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 23708?

The closest are 23510 (0.8 mi), 23514 (1 mi), 23507 (1.2 mi), 23704 (1.5 mi) and 23517 (1.6 mi).

Is 23708 a PO Box ZIP code?

23708 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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