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03824

ZIP 03824 is Durham, New Hampshire, in Strafford County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Strafford
Population
15,080
Coordinates
43.1171, -70.9188
☼ Live from 03824 — Durham, NH

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Where 03824 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03824
  • 🔢 Type 03824 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,824 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 239. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111011110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03823 (Madbury, NH, 4 mi away) and 03825 (Barrington, NH, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03824 becomes 42830, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02348, 03284, 03842, 04238, 08234, 08243, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84302 in Brigham City, UT, 2,082 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,443 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03824 and you would come out at 43.12°S, 109.08°E — 855 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 22.4 square miles of land, 03824 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,080This ZIP15,080
Households3,231This ZIP3,231
Housing units4,268This ZIP4,268
Median age20.8This ZIP20.8New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$124,056This ZIP$124,056New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$504,300This ZIP$504,300New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,429This ZIP$1,429New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher75.4%This ZIP75.4%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density672.7 / sq miThis ZIP672.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments196This ZIP196
Employees2,138This ZIP2,138
Annual payroll$69,767,000This ZIP$69,767,000
Tax returns filed3,480This ZIP3,480
Total adjusted gross income$532,494,000This ZIP$532,494,000

Land area

Land area22.42 sq miThis ZIP22.42 sq mi
Water area2.38 sq miThis ZIP2.38 sq mi

Other place names in 03824

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

ZIP codes near 03824

ZIPCityDistance
03857 Newmarket, NH 3.5 mi
03823 Madbury, NH 4.1 mi
03861 Lee, NH 4.5 mi
03820 Dover, NH 5.1 mi
03856 Newfields, NH 6.0 mi
03821 Dover, NH 6.0 mi
03822 Dover, NH 6.0 mi
03801 Portsmouth, NH 6.4 mi
03840 Greenland, NH 6.5 mi
03885 Stratham, NH 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03824?

03824 is in Durham, New Hampshire, in Strafford County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1171, -70.9188.

What county is 03824 in?

03824 lies in Strafford County.

What area code is 03824?

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

What time zone is 03824 in?

03824 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03824?

About 15,080 people live in ZIP code 03824, in 3,231 households, at 672.7 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 03824?

$124,056 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03824?

The closest are 03857 (3.5 mi), 03823 (4.1 mi), 03861 (4.5 mi), 03820 (5.1 mi) and 03856 (6 mi).

Is 03824 a PO Box ZIP code?

03824 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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