Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/35046

35046

ZIP 35046 is in Clanton, Alabama, mostly in Chilton County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time. Clanton has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 35045.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Chilton +1 more
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Population
5,160
Coordinates
32.9213, -86.5305
☼ Live from 35046 — Clanton, AL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 35046 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35046
  • 🔢 Type 35046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,046 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 59. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35045 (Clanton, AL, 11 mi away) and 35048 (Clay, AL, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35046 becomes 64053 — and that is a real ZIP code: Independence, MO, 615 miles away.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03456, 03465, 04563, 04635, 04653, 05346, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04653 in Bass Harbor, ME, 1,250 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯822 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35046 and you would come out at 32.92°S, 93.47°E — 1,305 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 59m.
  • 📏 At 136.8 square miles of land, 35046 is bigger than 85% of ZIP codes — room for about 104 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 35046 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population5,160This ZIP5,160
Households1,878This ZIP1,878
Housing units2,560This ZIP2,560
Median age40.5This ZIP40.5Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$79,286This ZIP$79,286Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$170,300This ZIP$170,300Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$800This ZIP$800Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.3%This ZIP16.3%
Mean commute30.3 minThis ZIP30.3 min
Population density37.7 / sq miThis ZIP37.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments74This ZIP74
Employees904This ZIP904
Annual payroll$39,541,000This ZIP$39,541,000
Tax returns filed2,410This ZIP2,410
Total adjusted gross income$175,081,000This ZIP$175,081,000

Land area

Land area136.80 sq miThis ZIP136.80 sq mi
Water area8.59 sq miThis ZIP8.59 sq mi

Counties 35046 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Chilton County 78.4%
Coosa County 21.6%

Other place names in 35046

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

ZIP codes near 35046

ZIPCityDistance
35045 Clanton, AL 11.2 mi
35183 Weogufka, AL 11.6 mi
35143 Shelby, AL 11.8 mi
36091 Verbena, AL 11.9 mi
35085 Jemison, AL 12.7 mi
35171 Thorsby, AL 13.0 mi
35136 Rockford, AL 14.4 mi
36051 Marbury, AL 16.5 mi
35040 Calera, AL 17.0 mi
35151 Sylacauga, AL 17.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 35046 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35046?

35046 is in Clanton, Alabama, in Chilton County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.9213, -86.5305.

What county is 35046 in?

35046 spans 2 counties: Chilton County and Coosa County. Most of it falls in Chilton County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 35046?

Clanton uses area codes 205 and 659, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35046 in?

35046 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35046?

About 5,160 people live in ZIP code 35046, in 1,878 households, at 37.7 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 35046?

$79,286 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35046?

The closest are 35045 (11.2 mi), 35183 (11.6 mi), 35143 (11.8 mi), 36091 (11.9 mi) and 35085 (12.7 mi).

Is 35046 a PO Box ZIP code?

35046 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “35046 ZIP Code — Clanton, Alabama (Chilton County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35046

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35046.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.