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35071

ZIP 35071 is Gardendale, Alabama, in Jefferson County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Population
17,288
Coordinates
33.6948, -86.8492
☼ Live from 35071 — Gardendale, AL

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Where 35071 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35071
  • 🔢 Type 35071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,071 = 17 × 2063. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100011111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35070 (Garden City, AL, 23 mi away) and 35072 (Goodwater, AL, 61 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35071 becomes 17053 — and that is a real ZIP code: Marysville, PA, 709 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01375, 01537, 03751, 05731, 07513, 10537, …). The farthest-flung twin is 03751 in Georges Mills, NH, 1,041 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯774 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35071 and you would come out at 33.69°S, 93.15°E — 1,321 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 55m.
  • 📏 At 57.7 square miles of land, 35071 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population17,288This ZIP17,288
Households6,865This ZIP6,865
Housing units7,280This ZIP7,280
Median age39.5This ZIP39.5Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$82,074This ZIP$82,074Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$261,600This ZIP$261,600Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,264This ZIP$1,264Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.4%This ZIP29.4%
Mean commute25.4 minThis ZIP25.4 min
Population density299.8 / sq miThis ZIP299.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments433This ZIP433
Employees5,300This ZIP5,300
Annual payroll$206,063,000This ZIP$206,063,000
Tax returns filed7,820This ZIP7,820
Total adjusted gross income$603,948,000This ZIP$603,948,000

Land area

Land area57.66 sq miThis ZIP57.66 sq mi
Water area0.19 sq miThis ZIP0.19 sq mi

Other place names in 35071

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ZIP codes near 35071

ZIPCityDistance
35117 Mount Olive, AL 3.1 mi
35181 Watson, AL 5.0 mi
35116 Morris, AL 5.3 mi
35036 Brookside, AL 5.4 mi
35119 New Castle, AL 5.6 mi
35068 Fultondale, AL 6.0 mi
35091 Kimberly, AL 7.0 mi
35139 Sayre, AL 7.4 mi
35217 Birmingham, AL 7.8 mi
35073 Graysville, AL 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35071?

35071 is in Gardendale, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.6948, -86.8492.

What county is 35071 in?

35071 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35071?

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

What time zone is 35071 in?

35071 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35071?

About 17,288 people live in ZIP code 35071, in 6,865 households, at 299.8 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 35071?

$82,074 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35071?

The closest are 35117 (3.1 mi), 35181 (5 mi), 35116 (5.3 mi), 35036 (5.4 mi) and 35119 (5.6 mi).

Is 35071 a PO Box ZIP code?

35071 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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