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33972

ZIP 33972 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
17,285
Coordinates
26.6493, -81.6177
☼ Live from 33972 — Lehigh Acres, FL

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Where 33972 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 33972
  • 🔢 Type 33972 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLGEE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 33,972 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 19 × 149. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010010110100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 33971 (Lehigh Acres, FL, 5 mi away) and 33973 (Lehigh Acres, FL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 33972 becomes 27933, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23397, 23937, 29373, 29733, 32739, 32793, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97233 in Portland, OR, 2,590 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 97% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 68%.
  • 🎯1,333 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 33972 and you would come out at 26.65°S, 98.38°E — 1,006 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 25.3 square miles of land, 33972 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,285This ZIP17,285
Households5,091This ZIP5,091
Housing units5,812This ZIP5,812
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8Florida42.6US 38.9
Median household income$73,819This ZIP$73,819Florida$74,568US $80,734
Median home value$320,600This ZIP$320,600Florida$359,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,552This ZIP$1,552Florida$1,669US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.4%This ZIP18.4%
Mean commute39.7 minThis ZIP39.7 min
Population density683.7 / sq miThis ZIP683.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments185This ZIP185
Employees597This ZIP597
Annual payroll$25,430,000This ZIP$25,430,000
Tax returns filed7,600This ZIP7,600
Total adjusted gross income$401,473,000This ZIP$401,473,000

Land area

Land area25.28 sq miThis ZIP25.28 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Other place names in 33972

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ZIP codes near 33972

ZIPCityDistance
33936 Lehigh Acres, FL 4.2 mi
33971 Lehigh Acres, FL 5.2 mi
33976 Lehigh Acres, FL 5.8 mi
33970 Lehigh Acres, FL 5.8 mi
33974 Lehigh Acres, FL 6.3 mi
33920 Alva, FL 6.5 mi
33973 Lehigh Acres, FL 7.7 mi
33905 Fort Myers, FL 9.1 mi
33913 Fort Myers, FL 10.5 mi
33975 Labelle, FL 13.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 33972?

33972 is in Lehigh Acres, Florida, in Lee County, part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 26.6493, -81.6177.

What county is 33972 in?

33972 lies in Lee County.

What area code is 33972?

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

What time zone is 33972 in?

33972 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 33972?

About 17,285 people live in ZIP code 33972, in 5,091 households, at 683.7 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 33972?

$73,819 a year, against $74,568 across Florida.

What ZIP codes are near 33972?

The closest are 33936 (4.2 mi), 33971 (5.2 mi), 33976 (5.8 mi), 33970 (5.8 mi) and 33974 (6.3 mi).

Is 33972 a PO Box ZIP code?

33972 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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