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33838

ZIP 33838 is Dundee, Florida, in Polk County; area code 863; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk
Population
5,688
Coordinates
28.0170, -81.6100
☼ Live from 33838 — Dundee, FL

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Where 33838 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33838
  • 🔢 Type 33838 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,838 = 2 × 7 × 2417. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33837 (Davenport, FL, 12 mi away) and 33839 (Eagle Lake, FL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33838 becomes 83833 — and that is a real ZIP code: Harrison, ID, 2,314 miles away.
  • 👥 6 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33388, 33883, 38338, 38833, 83338, 83833). The farthest-flung twin is 83833 in Harrison, ID, 2,314 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯1,266 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33838 and you would come out at 28.02°S, 98.39°E — 1,079 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 22m.
  • 📏 At 7.3 square miles of land, 33838 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,688This ZIP5,688
Households1,889This ZIP1,889
Housing units2,271This ZIP2,271
Median age32.9This ZIP32.9Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$50,766This ZIP$50,766Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$255,700This ZIP$255,700Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,628This ZIP$1,628Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.3%This ZIP11.3%
Mean commute35.3 minThis ZIP35.3 min
Population density776.0 / sq miThis ZIP776.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments126This ZIP126
Employees1,173This ZIP1,173
Annual payroll$49,989,000This ZIP$49,989,000
Tax returns filed2,840This ZIP2,840
Total adjusted gross income$143,196,000This ZIP$143,196,000

Land area

Land area7.33 sq miThis ZIP7.33 sq mi
Water area0.61 sq miThis ZIP0.61 sq mi

Other place names in 33838

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

ZIP codes near 33838

ZIPCityDistance
33820 Alturas, FL 1.1 mi
33845 Haines City, FL 1.1 mi
33885 Winter Haven, FL 1.1 mi
33851 Lake Hamilton, FL 2.2 mi
33877 Waverly, FL 2.3 mi
33884 Winter Haven, FL 5.0 mi
33844 Haines City, FL 5.2 mi
33881 Winter Haven, FL 6.1 mi
33888 Winter Haven, FL 6.9 mi
33882 Winter Haven, FL 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33838?

33838 is in Dundee, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.0170, -81.6100.

What county is 33838 in?

33838 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 33838?

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

What time zone is 33838 in?

33838 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33838?

About 5,688 people live in ZIP code 33838, in 1,889 households, at 776.0 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 33838?

$50,766 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33838?

The closest are 33820 (1.1 mi), 33845 (1.1 mi), 33885 (1.1 mi), 33851 (2.2 mi) and 33877 (2.3 mi).

Is 33838 a PO Box ZIP code?

33838 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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