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35249

ZIP 35249 is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time. Birmingham has 62 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Jefferson
Metro area
Birmingham, AL
Population
15
Coordinates
33.5066, -86.8032
☼ Live from 35249 — Birmingham, AL

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Where 35249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35249
  • 🔢 Type 35249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,249 = 101 × 349. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100110110001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35246 (Birmingham, AL, 1 mi away) and 35253 (Birmingham, AL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35249 becomes 94253, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 48 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23459, 23954, 24539, 24593, 24935, 25943, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95432 in Elk, CA, 2,073 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 82% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯784 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35249 and you would come out at 33.51°S, 93.20°E — 1,319 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
  • 📏 At 0.009 square miles of land, 35249 is bigger than 0% of ZIP codes — about 4 football fields.
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People and housing

Population15This ZIP15
Households0
Housing units0
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density1,666.7 / sq miThis ZIP1,666.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees51This ZIP51
Annual payroll$1,386,000This ZIP$1,386,000

Land area

Land area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 35249

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

ZIP codes near 35249

ZIPCityDistance
35233 Birmingham, AL 0.2 mi
35205 Birmingham, AL 0.8 mi
35203 Birmingham, AL 0.9 mi
35270 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi
35201 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi
35202 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi
35237 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi
35246 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi
35283 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi
35287 Birmingham, AL 1.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35249?

35249 is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County, part of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.5066, -86.8032.

What county is 35249 in?

35249 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 35249?

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

What time zone is 35249 in?

35249 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35249?

About 15 people live in ZIP code 35249, at 1,666.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 35249?

The closest are 35233 (0.2 mi), 35205 (0.8 mi), 35203 (0.9 mi), 35270 (1 mi) and 35201 (1 mi).

Is 35249 a PO Box ZIP code?

35249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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