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35549

ZIP 35549 is Carbon Hill, Alabama, mostly in Fayette County; area codes 205 and 659; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Fayette +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
3,355
Coordinates
33.8229, -87.5630
☼ Live from 35549 — Carbon Hill, AL

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Where 35549 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35549
  • 🔢 Type 35549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhSSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,549 = 19 × 1871. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35548 (Brilliant, AL, 19 mi away) and 35550 (Cordova, AL, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35549 becomes 94553 — and that is a real ZIP code: Martinez, CA, 1,946 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35459, 35594, 35954, 39455, 45359, 49355, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95534 in Cutten, CA, 2,053 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯736 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35549 and you would come out at 33.82°S, 92.44°E — 1,362 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 114.3 square miles of land, 35549 is bigger than 81% of ZIP codes — room for about 87 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,355This ZIP3,355
Households1,433This ZIP1,433
Housing units1,857This ZIP1,857
Median age50.5This ZIP50.5Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$47,818This ZIP$47,818Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$67,400This ZIP$67,400Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$572This ZIP$572Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher6.1%This ZIP6.1%
Mean commute36.3 minThis ZIP36.3 min
Population density29.3 / sq miThis ZIP29.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments40This ZIP40
Employees409This ZIP409
Annual payroll$12,199,000This ZIP$12,199,000
Tax returns filed1,370This ZIP1,370
Total adjusted gross income$65,642,000This ZIP$65,642,000

Land area

Land area114.33 sq miThis ZIP114.33 sq mi
Water area0.31 sq miThis ZIP0.31 sq mi

Counties 35549 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fayette County 50.9%
Walker County 49.1%

Other place names in 35549

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

ZIP codes near 35549

ZIPCityDistance
35573 Kansas, AL 5.5 mi
35587 Townley, AL 6.4 mi
35554 Eldridge, AL 7.6 mi
35542 Bankston, AL 10.7 mi
35559 Glen Allen, AL 11.6 mi
35578 Nauvoo, AL 12.2 mi
35594 Winfield, AL 14.1 mi
35575 Lynn, AL 14.8 mi
35546 Berry, AL 15.1 mi
35501 Jasper, AL 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35549?

35549 is in Carbon Hill, Alabama, in Fayette County. Its published point location is 33.8229, -87.5630.

What county is 35549 in?

35549 spans 2 counties: Fayette County and Walker County. Most of it falls in Fayette 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 35549?

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

What time zone is 35549 in?

35549 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35549?

About 3,355 people live in ZIP code 35549, in 1,433 households, at 29.3 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 35549?

$47,818 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35549?

The closest are 35573 (5.5 mi), 35587 (6.4 mi), 35554 (7.6 mi), 35542 (10.7 mi) and 35559 (11.6 mi).

Is 35549 a PO Box ZIP code?

35549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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