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35805

ZIP 35805 is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time. Huntsville has 24 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison
Metro area
Huntsville, AL
Population
20,856
Coordinates
34.7071, -86.6217
☼ Live from 35805 — Huntsville, AL

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Where 35805 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35805
  • 🔢 Type 35805 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOBSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,805 = 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 × 31. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101111011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35804 (Huntsville, AL, 3 mi away) and 35806 (Huntsville, AL, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35805 becomes 50853 — and that is a real ZIP code: Massena, IA, 632 miles away.
  • 👥 38 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03585, 03855, 05358, 05853, 08535, 08553, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85350 in Somerton, AZ, 1,617 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯746 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35805 and you would come out at 34.71°S, 93.38°E — 1,309 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 49m.
  • 📏 At 9.2 square miles of land, 35805 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,856This ZIP20,856
Households9,522This ZIP9,522
Housing units10,953This ZIP10,953
Median age33.3This ZIP33.3Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$35,385This ZIP$35,385Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$137,800This ZIP$137,800Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$909This ZIP$909Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%This ZIP22.5%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density2,268.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,268.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments729This ZIP729
Employees20,627This ZIP20,627
Annual payroll$1,744,528,000This ZIP$1,744,528,000
Tax returns filed7,640This ZIP7,640
Total adjusted gross income$292,858,000This ZIP$292,858,000

Land area

Land area9.19 sq miThis ZIP9.19 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Other place names in 35805

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

ZIP codes near 35805

ZIPCityDistance
35816 Huntsville, AL 2.2 mi
35899 Huntsville, AL 2.3 mi
35804 Huntsville, AL 2.5 mi
35893 Huntsville, AL 2.6 mi
35895 Huntsville, AL 2.6 mi
35801 Huntsville, AL 3.4 mi
35896 Huntsville, AL 3.6 mi
35802 Huntsville, AL 4.4 mi
35806 Huntsville, AL 5.4 mi
35808 Huntsville, AL 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35805?

35805 is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County, part of the Huntsville, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.7071, -86.6217.

What county is 35805 in?

35805 lies in Madison County.

What area code is 35805?

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

What time zone is 35805 in?

35805 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35805?

About 20,856 people live in ZIP code 35805, in 9,522 households, at 2,268.9 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 35805?

$35,385 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35805?

The closest are 35816 (2.2 mi), 35899 (2.3 mi), 35804 (2.5 mi), 35893 (2.6 mi) and 35895 (2.6 mi).

Is 35805 a PO Box ZIP code?

35805 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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