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33579

ZIP 33579 is in Riverview, Florida, in Hillsborough County; area codes 813 and 656; Eastern time. Riverview has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 33568, 33569 and 33578.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hillsborough
Population
49,470
Coordinates
27.7981, -82.2806
☼ Live from 33579 — Riverview, FL

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Where 33579 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33579
  • 🔢 Type 33579 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLSEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,579 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 13 × 41. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000001100101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33578 (Riverview, FL, 6 mi away) and 33583 (Seffner, FL, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33579 becomes 97533 — and that is a real ZIP code: Murphy, OR, 2,499 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33597, 33759, 33957, 33975, 35739, 35973, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97335 in Crabtree, OR, 2,510 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,248 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33579 and you would come out at 27.80°S, 97.72°E — 1,082 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 23m.
  • 📏 At 21.6 square miles of land, 33579 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 16 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population49,470This ZIP49,470
Households15,548This ZIP15,548
Housing units16,192This ZIP16,192
Median age34.5This ZIP34.5Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$116,134This ZIP$116,134Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$415,500This ZIP$415,500Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,165This ZIP$2,165Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.4%This ZIP37.4%
Mean commute37.5 minThis ZIP37.5 min
Population density2,290.5 / sq miThis ZIP2,290.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments451This ZIP451
Employees2,769This ZIP2,769
Annual payroll$95,367,000This ZIP$95,367,000
Tax returns filed22,660This ZIP22,660
Total adjusted gross income$1,849,550,000This ZIP$1,849,550,000

Land area

Land area21.60 sq miThis ZIP21.60 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Other place names in 33579

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ZIP codes near 33579

ZIPCityDistance
33503 Balm, FL 2.4 mi
33569 Riverview, FL 3.6 mi
33534 Gibsonton, FL 5.8 mi
33578 Riverview, FL 6.3 mi
33596 Valrico, FL 7.0 mi
33598 Wimauma, FL 7.2 mi
33573 Sun City Center, FL 7.3 mi
33572 Apollo Beach, FL 7.6 mi
33511 Brandon, FL 7.8 mi
33547 Lithia, FL 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33579?

33579 is in Riverview, Florida, in Hillsborough County, part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.7981, -82.2806.

What county is 33579 in?

33579 lies in Hillsborough County.

What area code is 33579?

Riverview uses area codes 813 and 656, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33579 in?

33579 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33579?

About 49,470 people live in ZIP code 33579, in 15,548 households, at 2,290.5 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 33579?

$116,134 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33579?

The closest are 33503 (2.4 mi), 33569 (3.6 mi), 33534 (5.8 mi), 33578 (6.3 mi) and 33596 (7 mi).

Is 33579 a PO Box ZIP code?

33579 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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