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33955

ZIP 33955 is in Punta Gorda, Florida, mostly in Charlotte County; area code 941; Eastern time. Punta Gorda has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 33950, 33951, 33980, 33982 and 33983.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Charlotte +1 more
Metro area
Punta Gorda, FL
Population
12,399
Coordinates
26.8164, -81.9938
☼ Live from 33955 — Punta Gorda, FL

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Where 33955 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33955
  • 🔢 Type 33955 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SSGEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,955 = 5 × 6791. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010010100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33954 (Port Charlotte, FL, 16 mi away) and 33956 (Saint James City, FL, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33955 becomes 55933 — and that is a real ZIP code: Elkton, MN, 1,308 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33559, 33595, 35593, 35953, 39355, 39535, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95353 in Modesto, CA, 2,380 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,309 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33955 and you would come out at 26.82°S, 98.01°E — 1,016 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 27m.
  • 📏 At 78.4 square miles of land, 33955 is bigger than 72% of ZIP codes — room for about 60 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,399This ZIP12,399
Households5,127This ZIP5,127
Housing units7,018This ZIP7,018
Median age60.2This ZIP60.2Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$76,943This ZIP$76,943Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$376,200This ZIP$376,200Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,375This ZIP$1,375Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.2%This ZIP27.2%
Mean commute25.5 minThis ZIP25.5 min
Population density158.1 / sq miThis ZIP158.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments150This ZIP150
Employees716This ZIP716
Annual payroll$35,750,000This ZIP$35,750,000
Tax returns filed5,830This ZIP5,830
Total adjusted gross income$675,791,000This ZIP$675,791,000

Land area

Land area78.41 sq miThis ZIP78.41 sq mi
Water area4.27 sq miThis ZIP4.27 sq mi

Counties 33955 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Charlotte County 98.5%
Lee County 1.5%

Other place names in 33955

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ZIP codes near 33955

ZIPCityDistance
33938 Murdock, FL 5.9 mi
33909 Cape Coral, FL 6.9 mi
33950 Punta Gorda, FL 7.5 mi
33917 North Fort Myers, FL 10.3 mi
33993 Cape Coral, FL 10.5 mi
33951 Punta Gorda, FL 10.7 mi
33903 North Fort Myers, FL 10.8 mi
33980 Punta Gorda, FL 11.7 mi
33915 Cape Coral, FL 12.5 mi
33918 North Fort Myers, FL 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33955?

33955 is in Punta Gorda, Florida, in Charlotte County, part of the Punta Gorda, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.8164, -81.9938.

What county is 33955 in?

33955 spans 2 counties: Charlotte County and Lee County. Most of it falls in Charlotte 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 33955?

Punta Gorda uses area code 941, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33955 in?

33955 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33955?

About 12,399 people live in ZIP code 33955, in 5,127 households, at 158.1 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 33955?

$76,943 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33955?

The closest are 33938 (5.9 mi), 33909 (6.9 mi), 33950 (7.5 mi), 33917 (10.3 mi) and 33993 (10.5 mi).

Is 33955 a PO Box ZIP code?

33955 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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