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33871

ZIP 33871 is in Sebring, Florida, in Highlands County; area code 863; Eastern time. Sebring has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 33870, 33872, 33875 and 33876.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Highlands
Metro area
Sebring, FL
Coordinates
27.4858, -81.4079

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 33870, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 33871 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33871
  • 🔢 Type 33871 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILBEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 33871 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010001001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33870 (Sebring, FL, 3 mi away) and 33872 (Sebring, FL, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33871 becomes 17833 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kreamer, PA, 954 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13738, 13783, 17833, 18337, 31738, 31783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83713 in Boise, ID, 2,235 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯1,301 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33871 and you would come out at 27.49°S, 98.59°E — 1,065 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 24m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees63This ZIP63
Annual payroll$2,306,000This ZIP$2,306,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 33871

ZIPCityDistance
33870 Sebring, FL 2.7 mi
33876 Sebring, FL 5.9 mi
33875 Sebring, FL 7.1 mi
33872 Sebring, FL 8.6 mi
33826 Avon Park, FL 9.7 mi
33825 Avon Park, FL 9.8 mi
33862 Lake Placid, FL 13.6 mi
33852 Lake Placid, FL 15.8 mi
33857 Lorida, FL 17.2 mi
33843 Frostproof, FL 18.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33871?

33871 is in Sebring, Florida, in Highlands County, part of the Sebring, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 27.4858, -81.4079.

What county is 33871 in?

33871 lies in Highlands County.

What area code is 33871?

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

What time zone is 33871 in?

33871 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 33871?

The closest are 33870 (2.7 mi), 33876 (5.9 mi), 33875 (7.1 mi), 33872 (8.6 mi) and 33826 (9.7 mi).

Is 33871 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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