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35661

ZIP 35661 is in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in Colbert County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time. Muscle Shoals has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 35662.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Colbert
Population
19,169
Coordinates
34.7685, -87.5628
☼ Live from 35661 — Muscle Shoals, AL

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Where 35661 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35661
  • 🔢 Type 35661 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IggSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,661 = 3 × 11887. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101101001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35660 (Sheffield, AL, 8 mi away) and 35662 (Muscle Shoals, AL, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35661 becomes 16653, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13656, 13665, 15366, 15636, 15663, 16365, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56631 in Bowstring, MN, 940 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯698 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35661 and you would come out at 34.77°S, 92.44°E — 1,363 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 51.1 square miles of land, 35661 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population19,169This ZIP19,169
Households8,007This ZIP8,007
Housing units9,054This ZIP9,054
Median age41.2This ZIP41.2Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$74,310This ZIP$74,310Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$191,800This ZIP$191,800Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,006This ZIP$1,006Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.8%This ZIP23.8%
Mean commute21.7 minThis ZIP21.7 min
Population density374.9 / sq miThis ZIP374.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments560This ZIP560
Employees13,845This ZIP13,845
Annual payroll$646,741,000This ZIP$646,741,000
Tax returns filed8,260This ZIP8,260
Total adjusted gross income$677,672,000This ZIP$677,672,000

Land area

Land area51.13 sq miThis ZIP51.13 sq mi
Water area10.16 sq miThis ZIP10.16 sq mi

Other place names in 35661

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ZIP codes near 35661

ZIPCityDistance
35662 Muscle Shoals, AL 6.2 mi
35646 Leighton, AL 6.2 mi
35630 Florence, AL 6.8 mi
35632 Florence, AL 7.2 mi
35660 Sheffield, AL 7.6 mi
35645 Killen, AL 9.6 mi
35631 Florence, AL 10.8 mi
35634 Florence, AL 11.0 mi
35672 Town Creek, AL 12.1 mi
35674 Tuscumbia, AL 13.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35661?

35661 is in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in Colbert County, part of the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7685, -87.5628.

What county is 35661 in?

35661 lies in Colbert County.

What area code is 35661?

Muscle Shoals uses area codes 256 and 938, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35661 in?

35661 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35661?

About 19,169 people live in ZIP code 35661, in 8,007 households, at 374.9 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 35661?

$74,310 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35661?

The closest are 35662 (6.2 mi), 35646 (6.2 mi), 35630 (6.8 mi), 35632 (7.2 mi) and 35660 (7.6 mi).

Is 35661 a PO Box ZIP code?

35661 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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