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03036

ZIP 03036 is Chester, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
5,300
Coordinates
42.9845, -71.2551
☼ Live from 03036 — Chester, NH

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Where 03036 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03036
  • 🔢 Type 03036 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEOEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,036 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 23. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03034 (Candia, NH, 7 mi away) and 03037 (Deerfield, NH, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03036 becomes 63030 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fletcher, MO, 1,074 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03063, 03603, 06033, 06330, 30036, 30063, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33060 in Pompano Beach, FL, 1,261 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,426 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03036 and you would come out at 42.98°S, 108.74°E — 856 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 26.0 square miles of land, 03036 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,300This ZIP5,300
Households1,850This ZIP1,850
Housing units1,850This ZIP1,850
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$142,212This ZIP$142,212New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$552,300This ZIP$552,300New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher41.1%This ZIP41.1%
Mean commute35.1 minThis ZIP35.1 min
Population density203.7 / sq miThis ZIP203.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments82This ZIP82
Employees408This ZIP408
Annual payroll$23,928,000This ZIP$23,928,000
Tax returns filed2,720This ZIP2,720
Total adjusted gross income$311,559,000This ZIP$311,559,000

Land area

Land area26.02 sq miThis ZIP26.02 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 03036

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ZIP codes near 03036

ZIPCityDistance
03077 Raymond, NH 4.2 mi
03040 East Candia, NH 4.4 mi
03873 Sandown, NH 5.0 mi
03032 Auburn, NH 5.5 mi
03038 Derry, NH 6.4 mi
03041 East Derry, NH 6.5 mi
03034 Candia, NH 6.6 mi
03819 Danville, NH 6.8 mi
03044 Fremont, NH 7.0 mi
03109 Manchester, NH 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03036?

03036 is in Chester, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9845, -71.2551.

What county is 03036 in?

03036 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03036?

Chester uses area code 603, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 03036 in?

03036 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03036?

About 5,300 people live in ZIP code 03036, in 1,850 households, at 203.7 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 03036?

$142,212 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03036?

The closest are 03077 (4.2 mi), 03040 (4.4 mi), 03873 (5 mi), 03032 (5.5 mi) and 03038 (6.4 mi).

Is 03036 a PO Box ZIP code?

03036 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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