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03872

ZIP 03872 is Sanbornville, New Hampshire, in Carroll County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Carroll
Metro area
none
Population
4,438
Coordinates
43.5705, -71.0433
☼ Live from 03872 — Sanbornville, NH

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Where 03872 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03872
  • 🔢 Type 03872 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLBEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,872 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 11. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03871 (Rye Beach, NH, 43 mi away) and 03873 (Sandown, NH, 45 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03872 becomes 27830 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fremont, NC, 664 miles away.
  • 👥 61 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02738, 02783, 02837, 02873, 03278, 03287, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83720 in Boise, ID, 2,231 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,437 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03872 and you would come out at 43.57°S, 108.96°E — 886 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
  • 📏 At 52.0 square miles of land, 03872 is bigger than 61% of ZIP codes — room for about 40 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,438This ZIP4,438
Households1,584This ZIP1,584
Housing units2,478This ZIP2,478
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$109,583This ZIP$109,583New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$334,400This ZIP$334,400New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher29.9%This ZIP29.9%
Mean commute36.7 minThis ZIP36.7 min
Population density85.3 / sq miThis ZIP85.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments79This ZIP79
Employees423This ZIP423
Annual payroll$16,408,000This ZIP$16,408,000
Tax returns filed2,220This ZIP2,220
Total adjusted gross income$187,877,000This ZIP$187,877,000

Land area

Land area52.04 sq miThis ZIP52.04 sq mi
Water area4.18 sq miThis ZIP4.18 sq mi

Other place names in 03872

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

ZIP codes near 03872

ZIPCityDistance
03830 East Wakefield, NH 3.9 mi
04001 Acton, ME 5.7 mi
03852 Milton Mills, NH 6.0 mi
03887 Union, NH 6.2 mi
03894 Wolfeboro, NH 7.3 mi
04095 West Newfield, ME 7.6 mi
03864 Ossipee, NH 8.8 mi
03896 Wolfeboro Falls, NH 8.9 mi
03855 New Durham, NH 9.2 mi
03851 Milton, NH 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03872?

03872 is in Sanbornville, New Hampshire, in Carroll County. Its published point location is 43.5705, -71.0433.

What county is 03872 in?

03872 lies in Carroll County.

What area code is 03872?

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

What time zone is 03872 in?

03872 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03872?

About 4,438 people live in ZIP code 03872, in 1,584 households, at 85.3 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 03872?

$109,583 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03872?

The closest are 03830 (3.9 mi), 04001 (5.7 mi), 03852 (6 mi), 03887 (6.2 mi) and 03894 (7.3 mi).

Is 03872 a PO Box ZIP code?

03872 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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