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03217

ZIP 03217 is Ashland, New Hampshire, in Grafton County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Grafton
Population
2,183
Coordinates
43.7260, -71.6426
☼ Live from 03217 — Ashland, NH

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Where 03217 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03217
  • 🔢 Type 03217 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIZEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 03217 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110010010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03216 (Andover, NH, 20 mi away) and 03218 (Barnstead, NH, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03217 becomes 71230 — and that is a real ZIP code: Crowville, LA, 1,340 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01237, 02137, 02713, 10273, 12037, 12073, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73021 in Colony, OK, 1,544 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,407 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03217 and you would come out at 43.73°S, 108.36°E — 910 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 11.2 square miles of land, 03217 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,183This ZIP2,183
Households998This ZIP998
Housing units1,343This ZIP1,343
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$54,607This ZIP$54,607New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$227,000This ZIP$227,000New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,096This ZIP$1,096New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.9%This ZIP35.9%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density194.4 / sq miThis ZIP194.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments73This ZIP73
Employees687This ZIP687
Annual payroll$34,403,000This ZIP$34,403,000
Tax returns filed1,180This ZIP1,180
Total adjusted gross income$94,570,000This ZIP$94,570,000

Land area

Land area11.23 sq miThis ZIP11.23 sq mi
Water area0.55 sq miThis ZIP0.55 sq mi

Other place names in 03217

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ZIP codes near 03217

ZIPCityDistance
03264 Plymouth, NH 3.1 mi
03245 Holderness, NH 3.9 mi
03226 Center Harbor, NH 6.8 mi
03256 New Hampton, NH 7.1 mi
03241 Hebron, NH 8.7 mi
03223 Campton, NH 9.2 mi
03222 Bristol, NH 9.7 mi
03253 Meredith, NH 9.7 mi
03227 Center Sandwich, NH 11.1 mi
03266 Rumney, NH 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03217?

03217 is in Ashland, New Hampshire, in Grafton County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.7260, -71.6426.

What county is 03217 in?

03217 lies in Grafton County.

What area code is 03217?

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

What time zone is 03217 in?

03217 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03217?

About 2,183 people live in ZIP code 03217, in 998 households, at 194.4 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 03217?

$54,607 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03217?

The closest are 03264 (3.1 mi), 03245 (3.9 mi), 03226 (6.8 mi), 03256 (7.1 mi) and 03241 (8.7 mi).

Is 03217 a PO Box ZIP code?

03217 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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