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96817

ZIP 96817 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
55,492
Coordinates
21.3555, -157.8216
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Where 96817 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96817
  • 🔢 Type 96817 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIBgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,817 = 7 × 13831. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101000110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96816 (Honolulu, HI, 5 mi away) and 96818 (Honolulu, HI, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96817 becomes 71869, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (16879, 17968, 18769, 18976, 68179, 68197, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18976 in Warrington, PA, 4,904 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯3,676 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96817 and you would come out at 21.36°S, 22.18°E — 329 miles from Gaborone, Botswana, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 50m.
  • 📏 At 9.3 square miles of land, 96817 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population55,492This ZIP55,492
Households19,797This ZIP19,797
Housing units21,426This ZIP21,426
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Hawaii40.9US 38.9
Median household income$75,476This ZIP$75,476Hawaii$100,389US $80,734
Median home value$916,100This ZIP$916,100Hawaii$839,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,445This ZIP$1,445Hawaii$1,971US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.1%This ZIP31.1%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density5,966.2 / sq miThis ZIP5,966.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,740This ZIP1,740
Employees25,917This ZIP25,917
Annual payroll$1,497,826,000This ZIP$1,497,826,000
Tax returns filed26,940This ZIP26,940
Total adjusted gross income$1,880,879,000This ZIP$1,880,879,000

Land area

Land area9.30 sq miThis ZIP9.30 sq mi
Water area0.35 sq miThis ZIP0.35 sq mi

Other place names in 96817

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

ZIP codes near 96817

ZIPCityDistance
96801 Honolulu, HI 2.0 mi
96811 Honolulu, HI 2.0 mi
96839 Honolulu, HI 2.5 mi
96822 Honolulu, HI 2.5 mi
96813 Honolulu, HI 3.1 mi
96838 Honolulu, HI 3.5 mi
96819 Honolulu, HI 3.6 mi
96823 Honolulu, HI 3.7 mi
96848 Honolulu, HI 3.8 mi
96837 Honolulu, HI 3.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96817?

96817 is in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Honolulu County, part of the Urban Honolulu, HI metropolitan area. Its published point location is 21.3555, -157.8216.

What county is 96817 in?

96817 lies in Honolulu County.

What area code is 96817?

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

What time zone is 96817 in?

96817 uses Pacific/Honolulu.

How many people live in 96817?

About 55,492 people live in ZIP code 96817, in 19,797 households, at 5,966.2 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 96817?

$75,476 a year, against $100,389 across Hawaii.

What ZIP codes are near 96817?

The closest are 96801 (2 mi), 96811 (2 mi), 96839 (2.5 mi), 96822 (2.5 mi) and 96813 (3.1 mi).

Is 96817 a PO Box ZIP code?

96817 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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