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03861

ZIP 03861 is Lee, New Hampshire, in Strafford County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Strafford
Population
4,576
Coordinates
43.1192, -71.0071
☼ Live from 03861 — Lee, NH

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Where 03861 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03861
  • 🔢 Type 03861 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,861 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 13. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03860 (North Conway, NH, 64 mi away) and 03862 (North Hampton, NH, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03861 becomes 16830 — and that is a real ZIP code: Clearfield, PA, 406 miles away.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01368, 01863, 03816, 06138, 06183, 06813, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86301 in Prescott, AZ, 2,280 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,439 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03861 and you would come out at 43.12°S, 108.99°E — 858 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 19.7 square miles of land, 03861 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,576This ZIP4,576
Households1,616This ZIP1,616
Housing units1,773This ZIP1,773
Median age42.9This ZIP42.9New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$131,579This ZIP$131,579New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$480,600This ZIP$480,600New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher50.6%This ZIP50.6%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density231.8 / sq miThis ZIP231.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments92This ZIP92
Employees746This ZIP746
Annual payroll$33,690,000This ZIP$33,690,000
Tax returns filed2,300This ZIP2,300
Total adjusted gross income$255,647,000This ZIP$255,647,000

Land area

Land area19.74 sq miThis ZIP19.74 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

ZIP codes near 03861

ZIPCityDistance
03824 Durham, NH 4.5 mi
03857 Newmarket, NH 4.5 mi
03823 Madbury, NH 5.1 mi
03856 Newfields, NH 5.9 mi
03042 Epping, NH 6.2 mi
03290 Nottingham, NH 6.3 mi
03825 Barrington, NH 6.8 mi
03820 Dover, NH 7.8 mi
03843 Hampton, NH 7.8 mi
03291 West Nottingham, NH 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03861?

03861 is in Lee, New Hampshire, in Strafford County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1192, -71.0071.

What county is 03861 in?

03861 lies in Strafford County.

What area code is 03861?

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

What time zone is 03861 in?

03861 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03861?

About 4,576 people live in ZIP code 03861, in 1,616 households, at 231.8 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 03861?

$131,579 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03861?

The closest are 03824 (4.5 mi), 03857 (4.5 mi), 03823 (5.1 mi), 03856 (5.9 mi) and 03042 (6.2 mi).

Is 03861 a PO Box ZIP code?

03861 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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