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/35952

35952

ZIP 35952 is Altoona, Alabama, mostly in Etowah County; area code 205; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Etowah +2 more
Metro area
Gadsden, AL
Population
8,415
Coordinates
34.0524, -86.3107
☼ Live from 35952 — Altoona, AL

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 35952 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35952
  • 🔢 Type 35952 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZSGSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,952 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 × 107. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110001110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35951 (Albertville, AL, 22 mi away) and 35953 (Ashville, AL, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35952 becomes 25953, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23955, 29355, 32559, 32955, 35259, 35295, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95532 in Crescent City, CA, 2,115 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯785 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35952 and you would come out at 34.05°S, 93.69°E — 1,290 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 53m.
  • 📏 At 109.4 square miles of land, 35952 is bigger than 80% of ZIP codes — room for about 83 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 35952 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population8,415This ZIP8,415
Households3,107This ZIP3,107
Housing units3,634This ZIP3,634
Median age40.9This ZIP40.9Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$48,361This ZIP$48,361Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$117,500This ZIP$117,500Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$647This ZIP$647Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.1%This ZIP11.1%
Mean commute33.6 minThis ZIP33.6 min
Population density76.9 / sq miThis ZIP76.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments89This ZIP89
Employees699This ZIP699
Annual payroll$25,247,000This ZIP$25,247,000
Tax returns filed2,880This ZIP2,880
Total adjusted gross income$155,846,000This ZIP$155,846,000

Land area

Land area109.45 sq miThis ZIP109.45 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Counties 35952 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Etowah County 55.0%
Blount County 44.6%
Marshall County 0.3%

Other place names in 35952

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

ZIP codes near 35952

ZIPCityDistance
35990 Walnut Grove, AL 1.0 mi
35972 Gallant, AL 6.5 mi
35964 Douglas, AL 8.4 mi
35980 Horton, AL 9.4 mi
35987 Steele, AL 10.4 mi
35121 Oneonta, AL 11.1 mi
35956 Boaz, AL 11.4 mi
35957 Boaz, AL 11.9 mi
35950 Albertville, AL 13.9 mi
35031 Blountsville, AL 14.3 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 35952 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35952?

35952 is in Altoona, Alabama, in Etowah County, part of the Gadsden, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.0524, -86.3107.

What county is 35952 in?

35952 spans 3 counties: Etowah County, Blount County and Marshall County. Most of it falls in Etowah 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 35952?

Altoona uses area code 205, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35952 in?

35952 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35952?

About 8,415 people live in ZIP code 35952, in 3,107 households, at 76.9 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 35952?

$48,361 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35952?

The closest are 35990 (1 mi), 35972 (6.5 mi), 35964 (8.4 mi), 35980 (9.4 mi) and 35987 (10.4 mi).

Is 35952 a PO Box ZIP code?

35952 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “35952 ZIP Code — Altoona, Alabama (Etowah County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35952

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/35952.json

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