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03079

ZIP 03079 is Salem, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
30,964
Coordinates
42.7883, -71.2217
☼ Live from 03079 — Salem, NH

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Where 03079 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03079
  • 🔢 Type 03079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 03079 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110000000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03077 (Raymond, NH, 17 mi away) and 03082 (Lyndeborough, NH, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03079 becomes 97030 — and that is a real ZIP code: Gresham, OR, 2,503 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00739, 00937, 03907, 07039, 07093, 07930, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09073 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,734 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,428 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03079 and you would come out at 42.79°S, 108.78°E — 843 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 24.8 square miles of land, 03079 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,964This ZIP30,964
Households12,618This ZIP12,618
Housing units13,737This ZIP13,737
Median age44.6This ZIP44.6New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$110,490This ZIP$110,490New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$473,300This ZIP$473,300New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,625This ZIP$1,625New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.7%This ZIP38.7%
Mean commute29.0 minThis ZIP29.0 min
Population density1,246.3 / sq miThis ZIP1,246.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,295This ZIP1,295
Employees22,357This ZIP22,357
Annual payroll$1,402,619,000This ZIP$1,402,619,000
Tax returns filed16,700This ZIP16,700
Total adjusted gross income$2,059,681,000This ZIP$2,059,681,000

Land area

Land area24.85 sq miThis ZIP24.85 sq mi
Water area1.06 sq miThis ZIP1.06 sq mi

ZIP codes near 03079

ZIPCityDistance
03073 North Salem, NH 3.4 mi
01844 Methuen, MA 3.8 mi
03087 Windham, NH 4.4 mi
03811 Atkinson, NH 4.5 mi
01832 Haverhill, MA 4.5 mi
01831 Haverhill, MA 5.2 mi
01841 Lawrence, MA 6.3 mi
01842 Lawrence, MA 6.4 mi
01840 Lawrence, MA 6.4 mi
03841 Hampstead, NH 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03079?

03079 is in Salem, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7883, -71.2217.

What county is 03079 in?

03079 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03079?

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

What time zone is 03079 in?

03079 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03079?

About 30,964 people live in ZIP code 03079, in 12,618 households, at 1,246.3 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 03079?

$110,490 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03079?

The closest are 03073 (3.4 mi), 01844 (3.8 mi), 03087 (4.4 mi), 03811 (4.5 mi) and 01832 (4.5 mi).

Is 03079 a PO Box ZIP code?

03079 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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