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/35051

35051

ZIP 35051 is Columbiana, Alabama, in Shelby County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Shelby
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Population
9,818
Coordinates
33.2194, -86.6008
☼ Live from 35051 — Columbiana, AL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 35051 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 35051
  • 🔢 Type 35051 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 35051 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35049 (Cleveland, AL, 51 mi away) and 35052 (Cook Springs, AL, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35051 becomes 15053 — and that is a real ZIP code: Joffre, PA, 603 miles away.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01355, 01535, 05153, 05351, 10535, 10553, …). The farthest-flung twin is 05153 in Proctorsville, VT, 1,032 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯806 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35051 and you would come out at 33.22°S, 93.40°E — 1,308 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
  • 📏 At 101.4 square miles of land, 35051 is bigger than 78% of ZIP codes — room for about 77 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 35051 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population9,818This ZIP9,818
Households3,071This ZIP3,071
Housing units3,179This ZIP3,179
Median age41.6This ZIP41.6Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$80,061This ZIP$80,061Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$250,000This ZIP$250,000Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$929This ZIP$929Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.1%This ZIP18.1%
Mean commute34.8 minThis ZIP34.8 min
Population density96.8 / sq miThis ZIP96.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments190This ZIP190
Employees1,336This ZIP1,336
Annual payroll$55,361,000This ZIP$55,361,000
Tax returns filed3,620This ZIP3,620
Total adjusted gross income$313,587,000This ZIP$313,587,000

Land area

Land area101.43 sq miThis ZIP101.43 sq mi
Water area2.48 sq miThis ZIP2.48 sq mi

Other place names in 35051

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

ZIP codes near 35051

ZIPCityDistance
35186 Wilsonville, AL 5.8 mi
35043 Chelsea, AL 7.2 mi
35143 Shelby, AL 9.3 mi
35185 Westover, AL 9.6 mi
35137 Saginaw, AL 10.5 mi
35007 Alabaster, AL 10.8 mi
35124 Pelham, AL 10.8 mi
35040 Calera, AL 10.9 mi
35078 Harpersville, AL 11.6 mi
35144 Siluria, AL 13.0 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 35051 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35051?

35051 is in Columbiana, Alabama, in Shelby County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.2194, -86.6008.

What county is 35051 in?

35051 lies in Shelby County.

What area code is 35051?

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

What time zone is 35051 in?

35051 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35051?

About 9,818 people live in ZIP code 35051, in 3,071 households, at 96.8 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 35051?

$80,061 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35051?

The closest are 35186 (5.8 mi), 35043 (7.2 mi), 35143 (9.3 mi), 35185 (9.6 mi) and 35137 (10.5 mi).

Is 35051 a PO Box ZIP code?

35051 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “35051 ZIP Code — Columbiana, Alabama (Shelby County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35051

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35051.json

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