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33834

ZIP 33834 is Bowling Green, Florida, mostly in Hardee County; area code 863; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hardee +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
6,188
Coordinates
27.6313, -81.9126
☼ Live from 33834 — Bowling Green, FL

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Where 33834 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33834
  • 🔢 Type 33834 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hEBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,834 = 2 × 3 × 5639. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33831 (Bartow, FL, 19 mi away) and 33835 (Bradley, FL, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33834 becomes 43833, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33348, 33438, 33483, 33843, 38334, 38343, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83334 in Hansen, ID, 2,079 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯1,272 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33834 and you would come out at 27.63°S, 98.09°E — 1,072 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 23m.
  • 📏 At 134.2 square miles of land, 33834 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 102 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,188This ZIP6,188
Households1,601This ZIP1,601
Housing units2,154This ZIP2,154
Median age35.4This ZIP35.4Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$60,817This ZIP$60,817Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$113,500This ZIP$113,500Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,014This ZIP$1,014Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.9%This ZIP8.9%
Mean commute29.9 minThis ZIP29.9 min
Population density46.1 / sq miThis ZIP46.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees1,228This ZIP1,228
Annual payroll$68,678,000This ZIP$68,678,000
Tax returns filed2,250This ZIP2,250
Total adjusted gross income$106,466,000This ZIP$106,466,000

Land area

Land area134.23 sq miThis ZIP134.23 sq mi
Water area10.10 sq miThis ZIP10.10 sq mi

Counties 33834 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hardee County 70.6%
Polk County 29.4%

Other place names in 33834

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

ZIP codes near 33834

ZIPCityDistance
33873 Wauchula, FL 9.1 mi
33835 Bradley, FL 11.4 mi
33841 Fort Meade, FL 11.5 mi
33847 Homeland, FL 13.1 mi
33865 Ona, FL 14.0 mi
33860 Mulberry, FL 14.1 mi
33890 Zolfo Springs, FL 16.8 mi
33547 Lithia, FL 17.5 mi
33830 Bartow, FL 18.5 mi
33831 Bartow, FL 18.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33834?

33834 is in Bowling Green, Florida, in Hardee County. Its published point location is 27.6313, -81.9126.

What county is 33834 in?

33834 spans 2 counties: Hardee County and Polk County. Most of it falls in Hardee County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 33834?

Bowling Green uses area code 863, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33834 in?

33834 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33834?

About 6,188 people live in ZIP code 33834, in 1,601 households, at 46.1 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 33834?

$60,817 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33834?

The closest are 33873 (9.1 mi), 33835 (11.4 mi), 33841 (11.5 mi), 33847 (13.1 mi) and 33865 (14 mi).

Is 33834 a PO Box ZIP code?

33834 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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