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33956

ZIP 33956 is Saint James City, Florida, in Lee County; area code 239; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee
Population
3,405
Coordinates
26.5371, -82.1217
☼ Live from 33956 — Saint James City, FL

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Where 33956 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33956
  • 🔢 Type 33956 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSGEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,956 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 653. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010010100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33955 (Punta Gorda, FL, 21 mi away) and 33957 (Sanibel, FL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33956 becomes 65933, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33569, 33596, 33965, 35963, 36539, 39356, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95336 in Manteca, CA, 2,395 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,318 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33956 and you would come out at 26.54°S, 97.88°E — 996 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 28m.
  • 📏 At 16.3 square miles of land, 33956 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,405This ZIP3,405
Households1,649This ZIP1,649
Housing units3,592This ZIP3,592
Median age64.7This ZIP64.7Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$69,534This ZIP$69,534Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$318,200This ZIP$318,200Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,829This ZIP$2,829Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.9%This ZIP23.9%
Mean commute18.6 minThis ZIP18.6 min
Population density209.1 / sq miThis ZIP209.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments87This ZIP87
Employees811This ZIP811
Annual payroll$43,514,000This ZIP$43,514,000
Tax returns filed1,640This ZIP1,640
Total adjusted gross income$204,049,000This ZIP$204,049,000

Land area

Land area16.28 sq miThis ZIP16.28 sq mi
Water area33.16 sq miThis ZIP33.16 sq mi

Other place names in 33956

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ZIP codes near 33956

ZIPCityDistance
33924 Captiva, FL 4.4 mi
33957 Sanibel, FL 5.5 mi
33914 Cape Coral, FL 6.2 mi
33945 Pineland, FL 8.5 mi
33922 Bokeelia, FL 8.6 mi
33908 Fort Myers, FL 9.0 mi
33991 Cape Coral, FL 9.6 mi
33993 Cape Coral, FL 10.3 mi
33906 Fort Myers, FL 10.8 mi
33910 Cape Coral, FL 10.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33956?

33956 is in Saint James City, Florida, in Lee County, part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.5371, -82.1217.

What county is 33956 in?

33956 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 33956?

Saint James City uses area code 239, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33956 in?

33956 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33956?

About 3,405 people live in ZIP code 33956, in 1,649 households, at 209.1 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 33956?

$69,534 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33956?

The closest are 33924 (4.4 mi), 33957 (5.5 mi), 33914 (6.2 mi), 33945 (8.5 mi) and 33922 (8.6 mi).

Is 33956 a PO Box ZIP code?

33956 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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