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03868

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Strafford
Population
6,133
Coordinates
43.3242, -70.9402
☼ Live from 03868 — Rochester, NH

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Where 03868 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 03868
  • 🔢 Type 03868 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,868 = 2 × 2 × 967. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03867 (Rochester, NH, 3 mi away) and 03869 (Rollinsford, NH, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03868 becomes 86830, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03886, 06388, 06838, 06883, 08638, 08836, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83680 in Meridian, ID, 2,250 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,442 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03868 and you would come out at 43.32°S, 109.06°E — 869 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
  • 📏 At 8.7 square miles of land, 03868 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,133This ZIP6,133
Households2,472This ZIP2,472
Housing units2,565This ZIP2,565
Median age42.1This ZIP42.1New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$81,530This ZIP$81,530New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$268,800This ZIP$268,800New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,203This ZIP$1,203New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.2%This ZIP29.2%
Mean commute23.1 minThis ZIP23.1 min
Population density701.2 / sq miThis ZIP701.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments79This ZIP79
Employees736This ZIP736
Annual payroll$40,307,000This ZIP$40,307,000
Tax returns filed3,160This ZIP3,160
Total adjusted gross income$218,394,000This ZIP$218,394,000

Land area

Land area8.75 sq miThis ZIP8.75 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 03868

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

ZIP codes near 03868

ZIPCityDistance
03866 Rochester, NH 2.2 mi
03867 Rochester, NH 3.0 mi
03839 Rochester, NH 4.5 mi
03901 Berwick, ME 5.2 mi
04027 Lebanon, ME 5.4 mi
03878 Somersworth, NH 5.6 mi
03835 Farmington, NH 6.8 mi
03906 North Berwick, ME 8.3 mi
03869 Rollinsford, NH 8.7 mi
03851 Milton, NH 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03868?

03868 is in Rochester, New Hampshire, in Strafford County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.3242, -70.9402.

What county is 03868 in?

03868 lies in Strafford County.

What area code is 03868?

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

What time zone is 03868 in?

03868 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03868?

About 6,133 people live in ZIP code 03868, in 2,472 households, at 701.2 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 03868?

$81,530 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03868?

The closest are 03866 (2.2 mi), 03867 (3 mi), 03839 (4.5 mi), 03901 (5.2 mi) and 04027 (5.4 mi).

Is 03868 a PO Box ZIP code?

03868 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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