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33957

ZIP 33957 is Sanibel, Florida, in Lee County; area code 239; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee
Population
6,418
Coordinates
26.4605, -82.1004
☼ Live from 33957 — Sanibel, FL

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Where 33957 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33957
  • 🔢 Type 33957 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSGEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,957 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 7 × 11. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010010100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33956 (Saint James City, FL, 5 mi away) and 33960 (Venus, FL, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33957 becomes 75933 — and that is a real ZIP code: Call, TX, 765 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33579, 33597, 33759, 33975, 35739, 35973, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97335 in Crabtree, OR, 2,577 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,323 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33957 and you would come out at 26.46°S, 97.90°E — 991 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 29m.
  • 📏 At 16.2 square miles of land, 33957 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 12 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,418This ZIP6,418
Households3,170This ZIP3,170
Housing units8,564This ZIP8,564
Median age67.3This ZIP67.3Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$108,644This ZIP$108,644Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$957,300This ZIP$957,300Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$811This ZIP$811Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher61.0%This ZIP61.0%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density395.5 / sq miThis ZIP395.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments292This ZIP292
Employees1,535This ZIP1,535
Annual payroll$100,878,000This ZIP$100,878,000
Tax returns filed2,600This ZIP2,600
Total adjusted gross income$1,474,274,000This ZIP$1,474,274,000

Land area

Land area16.23 sq miThis ZIP16.23 sq mi
Water area18.95 sq miThis ZIP18.95 sq mi

Other place names in 33957

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

ZIP codes near 33957

ZIPCityDistance
33956 Saint James City, FL 5.5 mi
33924 Captiva, FL 7.9 mi
33908 Fort Myers, FL 8.2 mi
33914 Cape Coral, FL 8.3 mi
33906 Fort Myers, FL 11.4 mi
33910 Cape Coral, FL 11.4 mi
33932 Fort Myers Beach, FL 11.4 mi
33994 Fort Myers, FL 11.4 mi
33931 Fort Myers Beach, FL 11.7 mi
33904 Cape Coral, FL 12.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33957?

33957 is in Sanibel, Florida, in Lee County, part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.4605, -82.1004.

What county is 33957 in?

33957 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 33957?

Sanibel uses area code 239, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 33957 in?

33957 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33957?

About 6,418 people live in ZIP code 33957, in 3,170 households, at 395.5 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 33957?

$108,644 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33957?

The closest are 33956 (5.5 mi), 33924 (7.9 mi), 33908 (8.2 mi), 33914 (8.3 mi) and 33906 (11.4 mi).

Is 33957 a PO Box ZIP code?

33957 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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