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03839

ZIP 03839 is in Rochester, New Hampshire, in Strafford County; area code 603; Eastern time. Rochester has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 03866, 03867 and 03868.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Strafford
Population
4,279
Coordinates
43.2688, -70.9855
☼ Live from 03839 — Rochester, NH

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Where 03839 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03839
  • 🔢 Type 03839 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,839 = 11 × 349. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111011111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03838 (Glen, NH, 59 mi away) and 03840 (Greenland, NH, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03839 becomes 93830, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 20 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08933, 09833, 30398, 33809, 33890, 33908, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09833 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,619 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,440 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03839 and you would come out at 43.27°S, 109.01°E — 866 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
  • 📏 At 7.9 square miles of land, 03839 is bigger than 24% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,279This ZIP4,279
Households1,671This ZIP1,671
Housing units1,777This ZIP1,777
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$88,346This ZIP$88,346New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$335,600This ZIP$335,600New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,549This ZIP$1,549New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.3%This ZIP36.3%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density543.8 / sq miThis ZIP543.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments96This ZIP96
Employees1,058This ZIP1,058
Annual payroll$50,777,000This ZIP$50,777,000
Tax returns filed2,270This ZIP2,270
Total adjusted gross income$160,047,000This ZIP$160,047,000

Land area

Land area7.87 sq miThis ZIP7.87 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Other place names in 03839

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ZIP codes near 03839

ZIPCityDistance
03867 Rochester, NH 2.3 mi
03866 Rochester, NH 2.5 mi
03868 Rochester, NH 4.5 mi
03825 Barrington, NH 4.6 mi
03878 Somersworth, NH 5.0 mi
03815 Center Strafford, NH 6.1 mi
03823 Madbury, NH 6.9 mi
03821 Dover, NH 7.5 mi
03822 Dover, NH 7.5 mi
03901 Berwick, ME 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03839?

03839 is in Rochester, New Hampshire, in Strafford County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.2688, -70.9855.

What county is 03839 in?

03839 lies in Strafford County.

What area code is 03839?

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

What time zone is 03839 in?

03839 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03839?

About 4,279 people live in ZIP code 03839, in 1,671 households, at 543.8 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 03839?

$88,346 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03839?

The closest are 03867 (2.3 mi), 03866 (2.5 mi), 03868 (4.5 mi), 03825 (4.6 mi) and 03878 (5 mi).

Is 03839 a PO Box ZIP code?

03839 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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