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32953

ZIP 32953 is in Merritt Island, Florida, in Brevard County; area code 321; Eastern time. Merritt Island has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 32952 and 32954.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brevard
Population
24,759
Coordinates
28.4635, -80.6877
☼ Live from 32953 — Merritt Island, FL

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Where 32953 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 32953
  • 🔢 Type 32953 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESGZE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 32,953 = 31 × 1063. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000000010111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 32952 (Merritt Island, FL, 10 mi away) and 32954 (Merritt Island, FL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 32953 becomes 35923, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23359, 23395, 25339, 29335, 29353, 32359, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95323 in Hickman, CA, 2,382 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯1,285 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 32953 and you would come out at 28.46°S, 99.31°E — 1,016 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 20m.
  • 📏 At 39.8 square miles of land, 32953 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population24,759This ZIP24,759
Households9,643This ZIP9,643
Housing units11,583This ZIP11,583
Median age49.1This ZIP49.1Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$87,262This ZIP$87,262Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$419,200This ZIP$419,200Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,345This ZIP$1,345Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.5%This ZIP34.5%
Mean commute25.4 minThis ZIP25.4 min
Population density622.8 / sq miThis ZIP622.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments640This ZIP640
Employees8,213This ZIP8,213
Annual payroll$576,834,000This ZIP$576,834,000
Tax returns filed12,130This ZIP12,130
Total adjusted gross income$1,114,036,000This ZIP$1,114,036,000

Land area

Land area39.76 sq miThis ZIP39.76 sq mi
Water area14.79 sq miThis ZIP14.79 sq mi

Other place names in 32953

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ZIP codes near 32953

ZIPCityDistance
32959 Sharpes, FL 4.8 mi
32954 Merritt Island, FL 5.3 mi
32920 Cape Canaveral, FL 6.2 mi
32922 Cocoa, FL 7.1 mi
32780 Titusville, FL 7.2 mi
32927 Cocoa, FL 7.2 mi
32899 Orlando, FL 8.2 mi
32923 Cocoa, FL 8.9 mi
32956 Rockledge, FL 9.6 mi
32926 Cocoa, FL 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 32953?

32953 is in Merritt Island, Florida, in Brevard County, part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.4635, -80.6877.

What county is 32953 in?

32953 lies in Brevard County.

What area code is 32953?

Merritt Island uses area code 321, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 32953 in?

32953 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 32953?

About 24,759 people live in ZIP code 32953, in 9,643 households, at 622.8 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 32953?

$87,262 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 32953?

The closest are 32959 (4.8 mi), 32954 (5.3 mi), 32920 (6.2 mi), 32922 (7.1 mi) and 32780 (7.2 mi).

Is 32953 a PO Box ZIP code?

32953 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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