| City: | Melville, New York |
| Names to Avoid: | Publishers Clearing House |
| County: | Suffolk County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:41:31 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 363 / 516 / 631 / 934 |
| Classification: | Unique [Company/Government] |
| Coordinates: | 40.8243, -73.4974 |
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Publishers Clearing House, the direct marketing company founded in 1953 by Harold Mertz, operates under dedicated ZIP code 11773 in Suffolk County. Famous for its sweepstakes promotions and prize patrols, PCH started in Mertz's basement on Long Island with just 10,000 envelope mailings. The company ran its first sweepstakes in 1967 to boost magazine subscription sales. This unique postal designation was assigned in February 2017.
The Melville facility handles significant correspondence volume with 169 ZIP+4 delivery codes on file. Census County Business Patterns shows 3 establishments with 22 employees. No residential population exists, consistent with a commercial mail processing operation. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024 and has since been acquired by ARB Interactive. Melville serves as the valid mailing city within New York's 3rd Congressional District.
| Establishments: | 3 |
| Employment: | 22 |
ZIP Code 11773 is assigned to a single organization or institution. Detailed business demographics are not published for unique ZIP Codes.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,135Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 11773 is located in Suffolk County, New York, within the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 35620) and New York's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 19,756,722 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 11773, and is subdivided into the Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 35620Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY (CBSA Div 35004)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 19,756,722Source: Census |
| MSA: | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 254.92 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 3646514Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Melville CDP; New YorkSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 11773 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.