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33851

ZIP 33851 is Lake Hamilton, Florida, in Polk County; area code 863; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Polk
Population
1,212
Coordinates
28.0448, -81.6263
☼ Live from 33851 — Lake Hamilton, FL

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Where 33851 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33851
  • 🔢 Type 33851 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 33851 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010000111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33850 (Lake Alfred, FL, 8 mi away) and 33852 (Lake Placid, FL, 56 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33851 becomes 15833, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13835, 15338, 18335, 18353, 33158, 33185, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83531 in Fenn, ID, 2,250 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 96% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯1,264 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33851 and you would come out at 28.04°S, 98.37°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 1.3 square miles of land, 33851 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 629 football fields.
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People and housing

Population1,212This ZIP1,212
Households325This ZIP325
Housing units386This ZIP386
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$62,284This ZIP$62,284Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$236,400This ZIP$236,400Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,273This ZIP$1,273Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.2%This ZIP16.2%
Mean commute28.1 minThis ZIP28.1 min
Population density932.3 / sq miThis ZIP932.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees328This ZIP328
Annual payroll$15,028,000This ZIP$15,028,000

Land area

Land area1.30 sq miThis ZIP1.30 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Other place names in 33851

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

ZIP codes near 33851

ZIPCityDistance
33838 Dundee, FL 2.2 mi
33820 Alturas, FL 3.0 mi
33845 Haines City, FL 3.0 mi
33885 Winter Haven, FL 3.0 mi
33844 Haines City, FL 3.8 mi
33877 Waverly, FL 4.2 mi
33881 Winter Haven, FL 4.7 mi
33884 Winter Haven, FL 5.5 mi
33888 Winter Haven, FL 6.1 mi
33882 Winter Haven, FL 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33851?

33851 is in Lake Hamilton, Florida, in Polk County, part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 28.0448, -81.6263.

What county is 33851 in?

33851 lies in Polk County.

What area code is 33851?

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

What time zone is 33851 in?

33851 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33851?

About 1,212 people live in ZIP code 33851, in 325 households, at 932.3 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 33851?

$62,284 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33851?

The closest are 33838 (2.2 mi), 33820 (3 mi), 33845 (3 mi), 33885 (3 mi) and 33844 (3.8 mi).

Is 33851 a PO Box ZIP code?

33851 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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