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96816

ZIP 96816 is in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Honolulu County; area code 808; Hawaii-Aleutian time. Honolulu has 41 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
Pacific/Honolulu
County
Honolulu
Metro area
Urban Honolulu, HI
Population
50,883
Coordinates
21.2912, -157.7909
☼ Live from 96816 — Honolulu, HI

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Where 96816 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96816
  • 🔢 Type 96816 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,816 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 2017. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101000110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96815 (Honolulu, HI, 2 mi away) and 96817 (Honolulu, HI, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96816 becomes 61869, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16689, 16698, 18966, 68961, 69168, 89166, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18966 in Southampton, PA, 4,913 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯3,677 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96816 and you would come out at 21.29°S, 22.21°E — 331 miles from Gaborone, Botswana, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 50m.
  • 📏 At 9.6 square miles of land, 96816 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population50,883This ZIP50,883
Households18,057This ZIP18,057
Housing units19,867This ZIP19,867
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3Hawaii40.9US 38.9
Median household income$114,609This ZIP$114,609Hawaii$100,389US $80,734
Median home value$1,168,800This ZIP$1,168,800Hawaii$839,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,922This ZIP$1,922Hawaii$1,971US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher48.5%This ZIP48.5%
Mean commute22.9 minThis ZIP22.9 min
Population density5,318.6 / sq miThis ZIP5,318.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,078This ZIP1,078
Employees10,696This ZIP10,696
Annual payroll$467,749,000This ZIP$467,749,000
Tax returns filed25,730This ZIP25,730
Total adjusted gross income$2,921,351,000This ZIP$2,921,351,000

Land area

Land area9.57 sq miThis ZIP9.57 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Other place names in 96816

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

ZIP codes near 96816

ZIPCityDistance
96844 Honolulu, HI 1.7 mi
96848 Honolulu, HI 1.7 mi
96828 Honolulu, HI 2.1 mi
96826 Honolulu, HI 2.3 mi
96822 Honolulu, HI 2.4 mi
96824 Honolulu, HI 2.4 mi
96815 Honolulu, HI 2.4 mi
96839 Honolulu, HI 2.5 mi
96830 Honolulu, HI 2.8 mi
96821 Honolulu, HI 3.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96816?

96816 is in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 21.2912, -157.7909.

What county is 96816 in?

96816 lies in Honolulu County.

What area code is 96816?

Honolulu uses area code 808, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 96816 in?

96816 uses Pacific/Honolulu.

How many people live in 96816?

About 50,883 people live in ZIP code 96816, in 18,057 households, at 5,318.6 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 96816?

$114,609 a year, against $100,389 across Hawaii.

What ZIP codes are near 96816?

The closest are 96844 (1.7 mi), 96848 (1.7 mi), 96828 (2.1 mi), 96826 (2.3 mi) and 96822 (2.4 mi).

Is 96816 a PO Box ZIP code?

96816 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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