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03871

ZIP 03871 is Rye Beach, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockingham
Population
356
Coordinates
42.9809, -70.7774
☼ Live from 03871 — Rye Beach, NH

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03871
  • 🔢 Type 03871 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,871 = 7 × 7 × 79. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03870 (Rye, NH, 3 mi away) and 03872 (Sanbornville, NH, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03871 becomes 17830 — and that is a real ZIP code: Herndon, PA, 348 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01378, 03781, 03817, 07831, 08317, 08731, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83701 in Boise, ID, 2,259 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,450 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03871 and you would come out at 42.98°S, 109.22°E — 844 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 0.555 square miles of land, 03871 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 269 football fields.
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People and housing

Population356This ZIP356
Households150This ZIP150
Housing units195This ZIP195
Median age54.4This ZIP54.4New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$142,115This ZIP$142,115New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$2,000,000+This ZIP$2,000,000+New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher87.9%This ZIP87.9%
Population density641.4 / sq miThis ZIP641.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments16This ZIP16
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$4,932,000This ZIP$4,932,000

Land area

Land area0.56 sq miThis ZIP0.56 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 03871

ZIPCityDistance
03862 North Hampton, NH 2.6 mi
03870 Rye, NH 2.8 mi
03842 Hampton, NH 4.1 mi
03840 Greenland, NH 5.3 mi
03802 Portsmouth, NH 6.3 mi
03803 Portsmouth, NH 6.3 mi
03804 Portsmouth, NH 6.3 mi
03854 New Castle, NH 6.4 mi
03801 Portsmouth, NH 6.6 mi
03844 Hampton Falls, NH 6.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03871?

03871 is in Rye Beach, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.9809, -70.7774.

What county is 03871 in?

03871 lies in Rockingham County.

What area code is 03871?

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

What time zone is 03871 in?

03871 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03871?

About 356 people live in ZIP code 03871, in 150 households, at 641.4 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 03871?

$142,115 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03871?

The closest are 03862 (2.6 mi), 03870 (2.8 mi), 03842 (4.1 mi), 03840 (5.3 mi) and 03802 (6.3 mi).

Is 03871 a PO Box ZIP code?

03871 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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