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03256

ZIP 03256 is New Hampton, New Hampshire, in Belknap County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Belknap
Metro area
Laconia, NH
Population
2,497
Coordinates
43.6234, -71.6325
☼ Live from 03256 — New Hampton, NH

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Where 03256 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03256
  • 🔢 Type 03256 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSZEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,256 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 37. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110010111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03255 (Newbury, NH, 29 mi away) and 03257 (New London, NH, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03256 becomes 65230 — and that is a real ZIP code: Armstrong, MO, 1,127 miles away.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02356, 02536, 02563, 02635, 02653, 05362, …). The farthest-flung twin is 32506 in Pensacola, FL, 1,257 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,408 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03256 and you would come out at 43.62°S, 108.37°E — 903 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
  • 📏 At 36.8 square miles of land, 03256 is bigger than 51% of ZIP codes — room for about 28 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,497This ZIP2,497
Households921This ZIP921
Housing units1,118This ZIP1,118
Median age51.7This ZIP51.7New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$87,917This ZIP$87,917New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$382,000This ZIP$382,000New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$749This ZIP$749New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.7%This ZIP31.7%
Mean commute32.6 minThis ZIP32.6 min
Population density67.8 / sq miThis ZIP67.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments46This ZIP46
Employees506This ZIP506
Annual payroll$25,895,000This ZIP$25,895,000
Tax returns filed1,240This ZIP1,240
Total adjusted gross income$107,998,000This ZIP$107,998,000

Land area

Land area36.83 sq miThis ZIP36.83 sq mi
Water area1.20 sq miThis ZIP1.20 sq mi

Other place names in 03256

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 03256

ZIPCityDistance
03269 Sanbornton, NH 6.7 mi
03253 Meredith, NH 6.7 mi
03217 Ashland, NH 7.1 mi
03246 Laconia, NH 8.2 mi
03226 Center Harbor, NH 8.2 mi
03222 Bristol, NH 8.5 mi
03264 Plymouth, NH 8.7 mi
03243 Hill, NH 9.5 mi
03247 Laconia, NH 9.7 mi
03245 Holderness, NH 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03256?

03256 is in New Hampton, New Hampshire, in Belknap County, part of the Laconia, NH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.6234, -71.6325.

What county is 03256 in?

03256 lies in Belknap County.

What area code is 03256?

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

What time zone is 03256 in?

03256 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03256?

About 2,497 people live in ZIP code 03256, in 921 households, at 67.8 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 03256?

$87,917 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03256?

The closest are 03269 (6.7 mi), 03253 (6.7 mi), 03217 (7.1 mi), 03246 (8.2 mi) and 03226 (8.2 mi).

Is 03256 a PO Box ZIP code?

03256 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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