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03856

ZIP 03856 is Newfields, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
2,023
Coordinates
43.0385, -70.9680
☼ Live from 03856 — Newfields, NH

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Where 03856 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03856
  • 🔢 Type 03856 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,856 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 241. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03855 (New Durham, NH, 31 mi away) and 03857 (Newmarket, NH, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03856 becomes 65830, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03586, 03865, 05836, 05863, 06385, 06538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85360 in Wikieup, AZ, 2,341 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,441 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03856 and you would come out at 43.04°S, 109.03°E — 852 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 7.1 square miles of land, 03856 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,023This ZIP2,023
Households636This ZIP636
Housing units639This ZIP639
Median age44.1This ZIP44.1New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$197,885This ZIP$197,885New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$646,400This ZIP$646,400New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,875This ZIP$1,875New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher68.1%This ZIP68.1%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density285.3 / sq miThis ZIP285.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments47This ZIP47
Employees467This ZIP467
Annual payroll$24,067,000This ZIP$24,067,000
Tax returns filed970This ZIP970
Total adjusted gross income$169,535,000This ZIP$169,535,000

Land area

Land area7.09 sq miThis ZIP7.09 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 03856

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

ZIP codes near 03856

ZIPCityDistance
03857 Newmarket, NH 2.5 mi
03843 Hampton, NH 3.2 mi
03885 Stratham, NH 3.7 mi
03833 Exeter, NH 4.2 mi
03861 Lee, NH 5.9 mi
03824 Durham, NH 6.0 mi
03042 Epping, NH 6.1 mi
03840 Greenland, NH 6.2 mi
03044 Fremont, NH 8.1 mi
03862 North Hampton, NH 8.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03856?

03856 is in Newfields, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0385, -70.9680.

What county is 03856 in?

03856 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03856?

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

What time zone is 03856 in?

03856 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03856?

About 2,023 people live in ZIP code 03856, in 636 households, at 285.3 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 03856?

$197,885 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03856?

The closest are 03857 (2.5 mi), 03843 (3.2 mi), 03885 (3.7 mi), 03833 (4.2 mi) and 03861 (5.9 mi).

Is 03856 a PO Box ZIP code?

03856 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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