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33917

ZIP 33917 is in North Fort Myers, Florida, mostly in Lee County; area code 239; Eastern time. North Fort Myers has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 33903 and 33918.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee +1 more
Population
33,380
Coordinates
26.7481, -81.8462
☼ Live from 33917 — North Fort Myers, FL

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Where 33917 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33917
  • 🔢 Type 33917 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIGEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,917 = 13 × 2609. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33916 (Fort Myers, FL, 8 mi away) and 33918 (North Fort Myers, FL, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33917 becomes 71933 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bonnerdale, AR, 865 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13739, 17339, 17933, 19373, 19733, 31739, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97133 in North Plains, OR, 2,602 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯1,319 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33917 and you would come out at 26.75°S, 98.15°E — 1,012 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 27m.
  • 📏 At 65.5 square miles of land, 33917 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population33,380This ZIP33,380
Households15,056This ZIP15,056
Housing units19,349This ZIP19,349
Median age59.8This ZIP59.8Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$55,000This ZIP$55,000Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$198,600This ZIP$198,600Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,360This ZIP$1,360Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.3%This ZIP20.3%
Mean commute29.5 minThis ZIP29.5 min
Population density509.4 / sq miThis ZIP509.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments457This ZIP457
Employees4,743This ZIP4,743
Annual payroll$241,607,000This ZIP$241,607,000
Tax returns filed14,890This ZIP14,890
Total adjusted gross income$1,035,255,000This ZIP$1,035,255,000

Land area

Land area65.53 sq miThis ZIP65.53 sq mi
Water area3.83 sq miThis ZIP3.83 sq mi

Counties 33917 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lee County 72.6%
Charlotte County 27.4%

Other place names in 33917

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ZIP codes near 33917

ZIPCityDistance
33903 North Fort Myers, FL 5.9 mi
33918 North Fort Myers, FL 6.0 mi
33915 Cape Coral, FL 6.8 mi
33916 Fort Myers, FL 7.5 mi
33905 Fort Myers, FL 7.5 mi
33909 Cape Coral, FL 7.6 mi
33902 Fort Myers, FL 8.9 mi
33901 Fort Myers, FL 8.9 mi
33955 Punta Gorda, FL 10.3 mi
33990 Cape Coral, FL 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33917?

33917 is in North Fort Myers, Florida, in Lee County, part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.7481, -81.8462.

What county is 33917 in?

33917 spans 2 counties: Lee County and Charlotte County. Most of it falls in Lee 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 area code is 33917?

North Fort Myers uses area code 239, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33917 in?

33917 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33917?

About 33,380 people live in ZIP code 33917, in 15,056 households, at 509.4 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 33917?

$55,000 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33917?

The closest are 33903 (5.9 mi), 33918 (6 mi), 33915 (6.8 mi), 33916 (7.5 mi) and 33905 (7.5 mi).

Is 33917 a PO Box ZIP code?

33917 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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