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03243

ZIP 03243 is Hill, New Hampshire, mostly in Merrimack County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Merrimack +1 more
Metro area
Concord, NH
Population
952
Coordinates
43.5283, -71.7692
☼ Live from 03243 — Hill, NH

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Where 03243 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03243
  • 🔢 Type 03243 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhZEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,243 = 3 × 23 × 47. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110010101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03242 (Henniker, NH, 25 mi away) and 03244 (Hillsborough, NH, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03243 becomes 34230 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sarasota, FL, 1,270 miles away.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02334, 02343, 03234, 04332, 20433, 23043, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34032 in APO AA, a military post office, 4,154 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,401 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03243 and you would come out at 43.53°S, 108.23°E — 901 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
  • 📏 At 25.6 square miles of land, 03243 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population952This ZIP952
Households360This ZIP360
Housing units416This ZIP416
Median age48.9This ZIP48.9New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$83,333This ZIP$83,333New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$304,400This ZIP$304,400New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher29.0%This ZIP29.0%
Mean commute34.8 minThis ZIP34.8 min
Population density37.2 / sq miThis ZIP37.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees21This ZIP21
Annual payroll$686,000This ZIP$686,000
Tax returns filed550This ZIP550
Total adjusted gross income$34,580,000This ZIP$34,580,000

Land area

Land area25.61 sq miThis ZIP25.61 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Counties 03243 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Merrimack County 93.8%
Grafton County 6.2%

ZIP codes near 03243

ZIPCityDistance
03230 Danbury, NH 4.8 mi
03231 East Andover, NH 5.4 mi
03216 Andover, NH 5.5 mi
03235 Franklin, NH 7.3 mi
03222 Bristol, NH 8.1 mi
03269 Sanbornton, NH 8.5 mi
03256 New Hampton, NH 9.5 mi
03287 Wilmot, NH 9.7 mi
03240 Grafton, NH 9.7 mi
03268 Salisbury, NH 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03243?

03243 is in Hill, New Hampshire, in Merrimack County, part of the Concord, NH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.5283, -71.7692.

What county is 03243 in?

03243 spans 2 counties: Merrimack County and Grafton County. Most of it falls in Merrimack County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 03243?

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

What time zone is 03243 in?

03243 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03243?

About 952 people live in ZIP code 03243, in 360 households, at 37.2 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 03243?

$83,333 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03243?

The closest are 03230 (4.8 mi), 03231 (5.4 mi), 03216 (5.5 mi), 03235 (7.3 mi) and 03222 (8.1 mi).

Is 03243 a PO Box ZIP code?

03243 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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