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33849

ZIP 33849 is Kathleen, Florida, mostly in Polk County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk +1 more
Population
851
Coordinates
28.2261, -82.0689
☼ Live from 33849 — Kathleen, FL

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Where 33849 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33849
  • 🔢 Type 33849 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,849 = 3 × 3 × 3761. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000111001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33848 (Intercession City, FL, 34 mi away) and 33850 (Lake Alfred, FL, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33849 becomes 94833, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33498, 33948, 34983, 38943, 39348, 39483, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98343 in Joyce, WA, 2,603 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,236 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33849 and you would come out at 28.23°S, 97.93°E — 1,101 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 21m.
  • 📏 At 22.4 square miles of land, 33849 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population851This ZIP851
Households252This ZIP252
Housing units252This ZIP252
Median age41.0This ZIP41.0Florida42.6US 38.9
Median home value$394,400This ZIP$394,400Florida$359,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher11.9%This ZIP11.9%
Mean commute59.4 minThis ZIP59.4 min
Population density37.9 / sq miThis ZIP37.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees36This ZIP36
Annual payroll$1,121,000This ZIP$1,121,000
Tax returns filed600This ZIP600
Total adjusted gross income$38,537,000This ZIP$38,537,000

Land area

Land area22.45 sq miThis ZIP22.45 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Counties 33849 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Polk County 98.4%
Pasco County 1.6%

ZIP codes near 33849

ZIPCityDistance
33540 Zephyrhills, FL 4.6 mi
33524 Crystal Springs, FL 5.9 mi
33539 Zephyrhills, FL 6.0 mi
33542 Zephyrhills, FL 6.7 mi
33810 Lakeland, FL 6.9 mi
33809 Lakeland, FL 7.1 mi
33541 Zephyrhills, FL 9.3 mi
33525 Dade City, FL 10.0 mi
33565 Plant City, FL 10.8 mi
33526 Dade City, FL 12.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33849?

33849 is in Kathleen, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.2261, -82.0689.

What county is 33849 in?

33849 spans 2 counties: Polk County and Pasco County. Most of it falls in Polk 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 time zone is 33849 in?

33849 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33849?

About 851 people live in ZIP code 33849, in 252 households, at 37.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 33849?

The closest are 33540 (4.6 mi), 33524 (5.9 mi), 33539 (6 mi), 33542 (6.7 mi) and 33810 (6.9 mi).

Is 33849 a PO Box ZIP code?

33849 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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