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23709

ZIP 23709 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
510
Coordinates
36.8172, -76.2989
☼ Live from 23709 — Portsmouth, VA

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Where 23709 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23709
  • 🔢 Type 23709 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOLEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,709 = 3 × 7 × 1129. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101110010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23708 (Portsmouth, VA, 2 mi away) and 23801 (Fort Lee, VA, 64 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23709 becomes 90732 — and that is a real ZIP code: San Pedro, CA, 2,360 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02379, 02739, 03279, 07932, 09237, 09723, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09723 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,405 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,222 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23709 and you would come out at 36.82°S, 103.70°E — 770 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 0.629 square miles of land, 23709 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 304 football fields.
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People and housing

Population510This ZIP510
Households0
Housing units0
Median age22.2This ZIP22.2Virginia39.0US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher18.9%This ZIP18.9%
Mean commute13.0 minThis ZIP13.0 min
Population density810.8 / sq miThis ZIP810.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees156This ZIP156
Annual payroll$8,003,000This ZIP$8,003,000

Land area

Land area0.63 sq miThis ZIP0.63 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Other place names in 23709

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

ZIP codes near 23709

ZIPCityDistance
23704 Portsmouth, VA 1.0 mi
23523 Norfolk, VA 1.8 mi
23702 Portsmouth, VA 1.8 mi
23324 Chesapeake, VA 1.9 mi
23708 Portsmouth, VA 2.1 mi
23514 Norfolk, VA 2.2 mi
23510 Norfolk, VA 2.5 mi
23707 Portsmouth, VA 2.9 mi
23325 Chesapeake, VA 3.3 mi
23507 Norfolk, VA 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23709?

23709 is in Portsmouth, Virginia, in Portsmouth city, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8172, -76.2989.

What county is 23709 in?

23709 lies in Portsmouth city.

What area code is 23709?

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

What time zone is 23709 in?

23709 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 23709?

About 510 people live in ZIP code 23709, at 810.8 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 23709?

The closest are 23704 (1 mi), 23523 (1.8 mi), 23702 (1.8 mi), 23324 (1.9 mi) and 23708 (2.1 mi).

Is 23709 a PO Box ZIP code?

23709 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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