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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/03038

03038

ZIP 03038 is Derry, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
34,474
Coordinates
42.8928, -71.2768
☼ Live from 03038 — Derry, NH

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Where 03038 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03038
  • 🔢 Type 03038 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEOEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,038 = 2 × 7 × 7 × 31. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101111011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03037 (Deerfield, NH, 17 mi away) and 03040 (East Candia, NH, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03038 becomes 83030, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03803, 03830, 08033, 08330, 30038, 30083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 80303 in Boulder, CO, 1,757 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,425 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03038 and you would come out at 42.89°S, 108.72°E — 851 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 35.9 square miles of land, 03038 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population34,474This ZIP34,474
Households13,155This ZIP13,155
Housing units14,507This ZIP14,507
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$108,322This ZIP$108,322New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$430,500This ZIP$430,500New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,547This ZIP$1,547New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.9%This ZIP36.9%
Mean commute30.7 minThis ZIP30.7 min
Population density961.3 / sq miThis ZIP961.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments709This ZIP709
Employees8,343This ZIP8,343
Annual payroll$453,521,000This ZIP$453,521,000
Tax returns filed17,940This ZIP17,940
Total adjusted gross income$1,551,608,000This ZIP$1,551,608,000

Land area

Land area35.86 sq miThis ZIP35.86 sq mi
Water area1.11 sq miThis ZIP1.11 sq mi

Other place names in 03038

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ZIP codes near 03038

ZIPCityDistance
03041 East Derry, NH 0.7 mi
03073 North Salem, NH 4.8 mi
03841 Hampstead, NH 5.1 mi
03873 Sandown, NH 5.5 mi
03087 Windham, NH 5.8 mi
03053 Londonderry, NH 5.8 mi
03036 Chester, NH 6.4 mi
03811 Atkinson, NH 6.7 mi
03826 East Hampstead, NH 7.4 mi
03079 Salem, NH 7.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03038?

03038 is in Derry, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8928, -71.2768.

What county is 03038 in?

03038 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03038?

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

What time zone is 03038 in?

03038 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03038?

About 34,474 people live in ZIP code 03038, in 13,155 households, at 961.3 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 03038?

$108,322 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03038?

The closest are 03041 (0.7 mi), 03073 (4.8 mi), 03841 (5.1 mi), 03873 (5.5 mi) and 03087 (5.8 mi).

Is 03038 a PO Box ZIP code?

03038 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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