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33850

ZIP 33850 is Lake Alfred, Florida, in Polk County; area code 863; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk
Population
9,757
Coordinates
28.1247, -81.7311
☼ Live from 33850 — Lake Alfred, FL

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Where 33850 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33850
  • 🔢 Type 33850 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,850 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 677. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33849 (Kathleen, FL, 22 mi away) and 33851 (Lake Hamilton, FL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33850 becomes 05833 — and that is a real ZIP code: East Charleston, VT, 1,273 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03583, 03835, 03853, 05833, 08353, 08533, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83530 in Grangeville, ID, 2,230 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯1,255 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33850 and you would come out at 28.12°S, 98.27°E — 1,084 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 21m.
  • 📏 At 16.8 square miles of land, 33850 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,757This ZIP9,757
Households3,863This ZIP3,863
Housing units4,620This ZIP4,620
Median age42.2This ZIP42.2Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$61,622This ZIP$61,622Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$225,100This ZIP$225,100Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,154This ZIP$1,154Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.7%This ZIP25.7%
Mean commute33.0 minThis ZIP33.0 min
Population density580.8 / sq miThis ZIP580.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments134This ZIP134
Employees956This ZIP956
Annual payroll$36,086,000This ZIP$36,086,000
Tax returns filed4,430This ZIP4,430
Total adjusted gross income$248,837,000This ZIP$248,837,000

Land area

Land area16.80 sq miThis ZIP16.80 sq mi
Water area4.23 sq miThis ZIP4.23 sq mi

Other place names in 33850

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

ZIP codes near 33850

ZIPCityDistance
33881 Winter Haven, FL 5.4 mi
33823 Auburndale, FL 5.6 mi
33882 Winter Haven, FL 6.6 mi
33836 Davenport, FL 6.7 mi
33888 Winter Haven, FL 7.0 mi
33883 Winter Haven, FL 7.1 mi
33851 Lake Hamilton, FL 8.4 mi
33844 Haines City, FL 9.0 mi
33880 Winter Haven, FL 9.5 mi
33837 Davenport, FL 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33850?

33850 is in Lake Alfred, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.1247, -81.7311.

What county is 33850 in?

33850 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 33850?

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

What time zone is 33850 in?

33850 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33850?

About 9,757 people live in ZIP code 33850, in 3,863 households, at 580.8 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 33850?

$61,622 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33850?

The closest are 33881 (5.4 mi), 33823 (5.6 mi), 33882 (6.6 mi), 33836 (6.7 mi) and 33888 (7 mi).

Is 33850 a PO Box ZIP code?

33850 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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