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35959

ZIP 35959 is Cedar Bluff, Alabama, mostly in Cherokee County; area codes 256 and 938; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Cherokee +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
4,726
Coordinates
34.2452, -85.6055
☼ Live from 35959 — Cedar Bluff, AL

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Where 35959 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35959
  • 🔢 Type 35959 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSGSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,959 = 7 × 11 × 467. Its digits add up to 31, a total 799 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110001110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35958 (Bryant, AL, 46 mi away) and 35960 (Centre, AL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35959 becomes 95953 — and that is a real ZIP code: Live Oak, CA, 2,018 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (39595, 53599, 53959, 55939, 59935, 93955, …). The farthest-flung twin is 99553 in Akutan, AK, 3,969 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯812 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35959 and you would come out at 34.25°S, 94.39°E — 1,250 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 61.9 square miles of land, 35959 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 47 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,726This ZIP4,726
Households1,870This ZIP1,870
Housing units3,151This ZIP3,151
Median age47.3This ZIP47.3Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$52,356This ZIP$52,356Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$234,500This ZIP$234,500Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$726This ZIP$726Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.1%This ZIP15.1%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density76.3 / sq miThis ZIP76.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments52This ZIP52
Employees282This ZIP282
Annual payroll$12,056,000This ZIP$12,056,000
Tax returns filed1,980This ZIP1,980
Total adjusted gross income$116,207,000This ZIP$116,207,000

Land area

Land area61.90 sq miThis ZIP61.90 sq mi
Water area20.86 sq miThis ZIP20.86 sq mi

Counties 35959 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cherokee County 99.3%
DeKalb County 0.7%

Other place names in 35959

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

ZIP codes near 35959

ZIPCityDistance
35973 Gaylesville, AL 7.5 mi
35960 Centre, AL 8.4 mi
35983 Leesburg, AL 10.5 mi
35967 Fort Payne, AL 11.5 mi
30730 Lyerly, GA 13.6 mi
35961 Collinsville, AL 14.3 mi
30124 Cave Spring, GA 16.7 mi
30165 Rome, GA 18.4 mi
36275 Spring Garden, AL 18.7 mi
35984 Mentone, AL 19.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35959?

35959 is in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, in Cherokee County. Its published point location is 34.2452, -85.6055.

What county is 35959 in?

35959 spans 2 counties: Cherokee County and DeKalb County. Most of it falls in Cherokee 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 35959?

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

What time zone is 35959 in?

35959 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35959?

About 4,726 people live in ZIP code 35959, in 1,870 households, at 76.3 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 35959?

$52,356 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35959?

The closest are 35973 (7.5 mi), 35960 (8.4 mi), 35983 (10.5 mi), 35967 (11.5 mi) and 30730 (13.6 mi).

Is 35959 a PO Box ZIP code?

35959 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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