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/35403

35403

ZIP 35403 is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time. Tuscaloosa has 9 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Tuscaloosa
Metro area
Tuscaloosa, AL
Coordinates
33.2045, -87.5270

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 35401, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

☼ Live from 35403 — Tuscaloosa, AL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 35403 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 35403
  • 🔢 Type 35403 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOhSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,403 = 3 × 11801. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101001001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35402 (Tuscaloosa, AL, 8 mi away) and 35404 (Tuscaloosa, AL, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35403 becomes 30453 — and that is a real ZIP code: Reidsville, GA, 325 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03435, 04353, 05343, 30345, 30354, 30453, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34035 in APO AA, a military post office, 5,125 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯765 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35403 and you would come out at 33.20°S, 92.47°E — 1,362 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 57m.
🌙 The sky over 35403 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

Business and tax activity

Business establishments33This ZIP33
Employees1,432This ZIP1,432
Annual payroll$68,149,000This ZIP$68,149,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 35403

ZIPCityDistance
35487 Tuscaloosa, AL 1.4 mi
35486 Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5 mi
35404 Tuscaloosa, AL 2.6 mi
35476 Northport, AL 3.8 mi
35401 Tuscaloosa, AL 5.4 mi
35473 Northport, AL 5.6 mi
35405 Tuscaloosa, AL 5.9 mi
35402 Tuscaloosa, AL 8.2 mi
35407 Tuscaloosa, AL 8.2 mi
35478 Peterson, AL 8.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 35403 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35403?

35403 is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County, part of the Tuscaloosa, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.2045, -87.5270.

What county is 35403 in?

35403 lies in Tuscaloosa County.

What area code is 35403?

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

What time zone is 35403 in?

35403 uses America/Chicago.

What ZIP codes are near 35403?

The closest are 35487 (1.4 mi), 35486 (2.5 mi), 35404 (2.6 mi), 35476 (3.8 mi) and 35401 (5.4 mi).

Is 35403 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.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “35403 ZIP Code — Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35403

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35403.json

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