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33843

ZIP 33843 is Frostproof, Florida, in Polk County; area code 863; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk
Population
11,220
Coordinates
27.7318, -81.5127
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Where 33843 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33843
  • 🔢 Type 33843 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,843 = 3 × 29 × 389. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33841 (Fort Meade, FL, 16 mi away) and 33844 (Haines City, FL, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33843 becomes 34833, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33348, 33438, 33483, 33834, 38334, 38343, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83334 in Hansen, ID, 2,095 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯1,284 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33843 and you would come out at 27.73°S, 98.49°E — 1,080 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 23m.
  • 📏 At 124.1 square miles of land, 33843 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 94 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,220This ZIP11,220
Households4,457This ZIP4,457
Housing units6,189This ZIP6,189
Median age54.2This ZIP54.2Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$50,503This ZIP$50,503Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$99,000This ZIP$99,000Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$923This ZIP$923Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.5%This ZIP16.5%
Mean commute27.7 minThis ZIP27.7 min
Population density90.4 / sq miThis ZIP90.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments125This ZIP125
Employees1,272This ZIP1,272
Annual payroll$92,724,000This ZIP$92,724,000
Tax returns filed4,310This ZIP4,310
Total adjusted gross income$227,156,000This ZIP$227,156,000

Land area

Land area124.10 sq miThis ZIP124.10 sq mi
Water area16.45 sq miThis ZIP16.45 sq mi

Other place names in 33843

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

ZIP codes near 33843

ZIPCityDistance
33827 Babson Park, FL 6.0 mi
33825 Avon Park, FL 8.4 mi
33826 Avon Park, FL 9.4 mi
33856 Nalcrest, FL 10.0 mi
33855 Indian Lake Estates, FL 10.2 mi
33854 Lakeshore, FL 10.7 mi
33853 Lake Wales, FL 12.5 mi
33859 Lake Wales, FL 12.7 mi
33841 Fort Meade, FL 15.6 mi
33898 Lake Wales, FL 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33843?

33843 is in Frostproof, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.7318, -81.5127.

What county is 33843 in?

33843 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 33843?

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

What time zone is 33843 in?

33843 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33843?

About 11,220 people live in ZIP code 33843, in 4,457 households, at 90.4 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 33843?

$50,503 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33843?

The closest are 33827 (6 mi), 33825 (8.4 mi), 33826 (9.4 mi), 33856 (10 mi) and 33855 (10.2 mi).

Is 33843 a PO Box ZIP code?

33843 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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