32612
ZIP 32612 is in Gainesville, Florida, in Alachua County; area code 352; Eastern time. Gainesville has 17 ZIP codes in all.
- Type
- Standard
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- County
- Alachua
- Metro area
- Gainesville, FL
- Population
- 9,157
- Coordinates
- 29.6431, -82.3538
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Where 32612 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.
- 🔢 Type 32612 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIgZE — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 32,612 = 2 × 2 × 31 × 263. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
111111101100100 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 32611 (Gainesville, FL, 3 mi away) and 32614 (Gainesville, FL, 3 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 32612 becomes 21623 — and that is a real ZIP code: Church Hill, MD, 749 miles away.
- 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12236, 13622, 16223, 16232, 16322, 21236, …). The farthest-flung twin is 13622 in Chaumont, NY, 1,056 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
- 🎯1,156 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 32612 and you would come out at 29.64°S, 97.65°E — 1,091 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 14m.
- 📏 At 0.940 square miles of land, 32612 is bigger than 8% of ZIP codes — about 455 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 9,157This ZIP9,157 |
|---|---|
| Households | 3This ZIP3 |
| Housing units | 3This ZIP3 |
| Median age | 19.2This ZIP19.2Florida42.6US 38.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 30.0%This ZIP30.0% |
| Mean commute | 14.5 minThis ZIP14.5 min |
| Population density | 9,741.5 / sq miThis ZIP9,741.5 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 0.94 sq miThis ZIP0.94 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi |
Other place names in 32612
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 32612
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
32610 | Gainesville, FL | 0.7 mi |
32603 | Gainesville, FL | 0.7 mi |
32601 | Gainesville, FL | 1.8 mi |
32627 | Gainesville, FL | 1.8 mi |
32611 | Gainesville, FL | 2.6 mi |
32614 | Gainesville, FL | 2.6 mi |
32635 | Gainesville, FL | 2.6 mi |
32602 | Gainesville, FL | 2.7 mi |
32605 | Gainesville, FL | 2.7 mi |
32607 | Gainesville, FL | 3.9 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 32612?
32612 is in Gainesville, Florida, in Alachua County, part of the Gainesville, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.6431, -82.3538.
What county is 32612 in?
32612 lies in Alachua County.
What area code is 32612?
Gainesville uses area code 352, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 32612 in?
32612 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 32612?
About 9,157 people live in ZIP code 32612, in 3 households, at 9,741.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 32612?
The closest are 32610 (0.7 mi), 32603 (0.7 mi), 32601 (1.8 mi), 32627 (1.8 mi) and 32611 (2.6 mi).
Is 32612 a PO Box ZIP code?
32612 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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