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34478

ZIP 34478 is in Ocala, Florida, in Marion County; area code 352; Eastern time. Ocala has 14 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Marion
Metro area
Ocala, FL
Coordinates
29.1872, -82.1123

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 34470, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 34478 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 34478
  • 🔢 Type 34478 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLhhE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 34,478 = 2 × 17239. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000011010101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 34477 (Ocala, FL, 2 mi away) and 34479 (Ocala, FL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 34478 becomes 87443, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34487, 34748, 38474, 38744, 43748, 44837, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84743 in Kingston, UT, 1,828 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 95% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯1,188 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 34478 and you would come out at 29.19°S, 97.89°E — 1,085 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 16m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees277This ZIP277
Annual payroll$8,705,000This ZIP$8,705,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 34478

ZIPCityDistance
34477 Ocala, FL 1.7 mi
34471 Ocala, FL 2.0 mi
34470 Ocala, FL 2.1 mi
34489 Silver Springs, FL 2.1 mi
34421 Belleview, FL 4.0 mi
34483 Ocala, FL 4.0 mi
34479 Ocala, FL 4.7 mi
34475 Ocala, FL 5.4 mi
34474 Ocala, FL 6.4 mi
34480 Ocala, FL 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 34478?

34478 is in Ocala, Florida, in Marion County, part of the Ocala, FL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.1872, -82.1123.

What county is 34478 in?

34478 lies in Marion County.

What area code is 34478?

Ocala uses area code 352, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 34478 in?

34478 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 34478?

The closest are 34477 (1.7 mi), 34471 (2 mi), 34470 (2.1 mi), 34489 (2.1 mi) and 34421 (4 mi).

Is 34478 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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