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35442

ZIP 35442 is Aliceville, Alabama, mostly in Pickens County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Pickens +2 more
Metro area
Tuscaloosa, AL
Population
5,230
Coordinates
33.0536, -88.1861
☼ Live from 35442 — Aliceville, AL

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Where 35442 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35442
  • 🔢 Type 35442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,442 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 179. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101001110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35441 (Akron, AL, 30 mi away) and 35443 (Boligee, AL, 22 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35442 becomes 24453, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23454, 24354, 24435, 24534, 24543, 25434, …). The farthest-flung twin is 54234 in Sister Bay, WI, 840 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯743 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35442 and you would come out at 33.05°S, 91.81°E — 1,400 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 58m.
  • 📏 At 267.4 square miles of land, 35442 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 203 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,230This ZIP5,230
Households1,451This ZIP1,451
Housing units2,111This ZIP2,111
Median age40.6This ZIP40.6Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$44,503This ZIP$44,503Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$139,000This ZIP$139,000Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$736This ZIP$736Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.8%This ZIP13.8%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density19.6 / sq miThis ZIP19.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments70This ZIP70
Employees1,155This ZIP1,155
Annual payroll$52,439,000This ZIP$52,439,000
Tax returns filed1,730This ZIP1,730
Total adjusted gross income$73,754,000This ZIP$73,754,000

Land area

Land area267.37 sq miThis ZIP267.37 sq mi
Water area5.43 sq miThis ZIP5.43 sq mi

Counties 35442 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Pickens County 74.4%
Sumter County 20.4%
Greene County 5.2%

Other place names in 35442

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

ZIP codes near 35442

ZIPCityDistance
35477 Panola, AL 7.4 mi
35491 West Greene, AL 9.6 mi
35448 Clinton, AL 14.8 mi
35471 Mc Shan, AL 15.5 mi
35447 Carrollton, AL 15.5 mi
35462 Eutaw, AL 16.6 mi
35464 Gainesville, AL 18.7 mi
35459 Emelle, AL 18.8 mi
35466 Gordo, AL 20.5 mi
39341 Macon, MS 21.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35442?

35442 is in Aliceville, Alabama, in Pickens County, part of the Tuscaloosa, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.0536, -88.1861.

What county is 35442 in?

35442 spans 3 counties: Pickens County, Sumter County and Greene County. Most of it falls in Pickens 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 35442?

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

What time zone is 35442 in?

35442 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35442?

About 5,230 people live in ZIP code 35442, in 1,451 households, at 19.6 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 35442?

$44,503 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35442?

The closest are 35477 (7.4 mi), 35491 (9.6 mi), 35448 (14.8 mi), 35471 (15.5 mi) and 35447 (15.5 mi).

Is 35442 a PO Box ZIP code?

35442 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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