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03870

ZIP 03870 is Rye, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
5,188
Coordinates
43.0196, -70.7605
☼ Live from 03870 — Rye, NH

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Where 03870 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03870
  • 🔢 Type 03870 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,870 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 43. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03869 (Rollinsford, NH, 14 mi away) and 03871 (Rye Beach, NH, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03870 becomes 07830 — and that is a real ZIP code: Califon, NJ, 261 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00738, 00783, 03087, 03780, 07083, 07308, …). The farthest-flung twin is 78003 in Bandera, TX, 1,813 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,451 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03870 and you would come out at 43.02°S, 109.24°E — 846 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 12.1 square miles of land, 03870 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,188This ZIP5,188
Households2,126This ZIP2,126
Housing units2,719This ZIP2,719
Median age54.9This ZIP54.9New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$140,938This ZIP$140,938New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$990,700This ZIP$990,700New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,790This ZIP$1,790New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher60.1%This ZIP60.1%
Mean commute29.2 minThis ZIP29.2 min
Population density430.5 / sq miThis ZIP430.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments133This ZIP133
Employees1,246This ZIP1,246
Annual payroll$64,918,000This ZIP$64,918,000
Tax returns filed2,920This ZIP2,920
Total adjusted gross income$740,425,000This ZIP$740,425,000

Land area

Land area12.05 sq miThis ZIP12.05 sq mi
Water area1.60 sq miThis ZIP1.60 sq mi

ZIP codes near 03870

ZIPCityDistance
03871 Rye Beach, NH 2.8 mi
03802 Portsmouth, NH 3.6 mi
03803 Portsmouth, NH 3.6 mi
03804 Portsmouth, NH 3.6 mi
03854 New Castle, NH 3.7 mi
03862 North Hampton, NH 4.4 mi
03801 Portsmouth, NH 4.4 mi
03840 Greenland, NH 4.5 mi
03904 Kittery, ME 6.4 mi
03842 Hampton, NH 6.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03870?

03870 is in Rye, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0196, -70.7605.

What county is 03870 in?

03870 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03870?

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

What time zone is 03870 in?

03870 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03870?

About 5,188 people live in ZIP code 03870, in 2,126 households, at 430.5 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 03870?

$140,938 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03870?

The closest are 03871 (2.8 mi), 03802 (3.6 mi), 03803 (3.6 mi), 03804 (3.6 mi) and 03854 (3.7 mi).

Is 03870 a PO Box ZIP code?

03870 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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