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03862

ZIP 03862 is North Hampton, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
4,610
Coordinates
42.9799, -70.8294
☼ Live from 03862 — North Hampton, NH

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Where 03862 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03862
  • 🔢 Type 03862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,862 = 2 × 1931. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03861 (Lee, NH, 13 mi away) and 03864 (Ossipee, NH, 51 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03862 becomes 26830, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02368, 02638, 02836, 02863, 03268, 03826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86302 in Prescott, AZ, 2,293 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,448 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03862 and you would come out at 42.98°S, 109.17°E — 845 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 13.9 square miles of land, 03862 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,610This ZIP4,610
Households1,977This ZIP1,977
Housing units2,200This ZIP2,200
Median age50.9This ZIP50.9New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$144,583This ZIP$144,583New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$670,400This ZIP$670,400New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,798This ZIP$1,798New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher54.4%This ZIP54.4%
Mean commute24.6 minThis ZIP24.6 min
Population density331.2 / sq miThis ZIP331.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments245This ZIP245
Employees2,116This ZIP2,116
Annual payroll$119,171,000This ZIP$119,171,000
Tax returns filed2,700This ZIP2,700
Total adjusted gross income$645,740,000This ZIP$645,740,000

Land area

Land area13.92 sq miThis ZIP13.92 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

ZIP codes near 03862

ZIPCityDistance
03871 Rye Beach, NH 2.6 mi
03842 Hampton, NH 2.8 mi
03840 Greenland, NH 4.2 mi
03885 Stratham, NH 4.4 mi
03870 Rye, NH 4.4 mi
03844 Hampton Falls, NH 4.8 mi
03801 Portsmouth, NH 6.7 mi
03874 Seabrook, NH 6.9 mi
03802 Portsmouth, NH 7.2 mi
03803 Portsmouth, NH 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03862?

03862 is in North Hampton, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9799, -70.8294.

What county is 03862 in?

03862 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03862?

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

What time zone is 03862 in?

03862 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03862?

About 4,610 people live in ZIP code 03862, in 1,977 households, at 331.2 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 03862?

$144,583 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03862?

The closest are 03871 (2.6 mi), 03842 (2.8 mi), 03840 (4.2 mi), 03885 (4.4 mi) and 03870 (4.4 mi).

Is 03862 a PO Box ZIP code?

03862 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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