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33971

ZIP 33971 is in Lehigh Acres, Florida, in Lee County; area code 239; Eastern time. Lehigh Acres has 7 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lee
Population
30,790
Coordinates
26.6389, -81.7003
☼ Live from 33971 — Lehigh Acres, FL

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Where 33971 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33971
  • 🔢 Type 33971 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILGEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,971 = 7 × 23 × 211. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010010110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33970 (Lehigh Acres, FL, 7 mi away) and 33972 (Lehigh Acres, FL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33971 becomes 17933 — and that is a real ZIP code: Friedensburg, PA, 1,014 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, 2,614 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯1,331 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33971 and you would come out at 26.64°S, 98.30°E — 1,005 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 28m.
  • 📏 At 17.0 square miles of land, 33971 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,790This ZIP30,790
Households8,469This ZIP8,469
Housing units8,958This ZIP8,958
Median age34.1This ZIP34.1Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$77,723This ZIP$77,723Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$310,000This ZIP$310,000Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,874This ZIP$1,874Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.8%This ZIP13.8%
Mean commute35.6 minThis ZIP35.6 min
Population density1,813.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,813.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments580This ZIP580
Employees5,023This ZIP5,023
Annual payroll$216,148,000This ZIP$216,148,000
Tax returns filed14,080This ZIP14,080
Total adjusted gross income$679,020,000This ZIP$679,020,000

Land area

Land area16.98 sq miThis ZIP16.98 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 33971

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ZIP codes near 33971

ZIPCityDistance
33973 Lehigh Acres, FL 3.2 mi
33976 Lehigh Acres, FL 3.4 mi
33905 Fort Myers, FL 4.4 mi
33972 Lehigh Acres, FL 5.2 mi
33970 Lehigh Acres, FL 7.1 mi
33920 Alva, FL 8.2 mi
33974 Lehigh Acres, FL 8.2 mi
33913 Fort Myers, FL 8.6 mi
33916 Fort Myers, FL 8.7 mi
33936 Lehigh Acres, FL 8.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33971?

33971 is in Lehigh Acres, Florida, in Lee County, part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.6389, -81.7003.

What county is 33971 in?

33971 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 33971?

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

What time zone is 33971 in?

33971 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33971?

About 30,790 people live in ZIP code 33971, in 8,469 households, at 1,813.7 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 33971?

$77,723 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33971?

The closest are 33973 (3.2 mi), 33976 (3.4 mi), 33905 (4.4 mi), 33972 (5.2 mi) and 33970 (7.1 mi).

Is 33971 a PO Box ZIP code?

33971 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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