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35962

ZIP 35962 is Crossville, Alabama, mostly in DeKalb County; area code 256; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
DeKalb +1 more
Metro area
Fort Payne, AL
Population
8,666
Coordinates
34.2993, -86.0366
☼ Live from 35962 — Crossville, AL

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Where 35962 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35962
  • 🔢 Type 35962 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgGSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,962 = 2 × 17981. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110001111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35961 (Collinsville, AL, 11 mi away) and 35963 (Dawson, AL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35962 becomes 26953, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (25396, 25639, 25936, 29356, 29365, 29536, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96325 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,781 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯789 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35962 and you would come out at 34.30°S, 93.96°E — 1,275 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 52m.
  • 📏 At 71.5 square miles of land, 35962 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 54 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,666This ZIP8,666
Households2,814This ZIP2,814
Housing units3,489This ZIP3,489
Median age36.8This ZIP36.8Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$60,392This ZIP$60,392Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$141,700This ZIP$141,700Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$760This ZIP$760Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density121.2 / sq miThis ZIP121.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments62This ZIP62
Employees779This ZIP779
Annual payroll$43,101,000This ZIP$43,101,000
Tax returns filed2,860This ZIP2,860
Total adjusted gross income$138,208,000This ZIP$138,208,000

Land area

Land area71.51 sq miThis ZIP71.51 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Counties 35962 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
DeKalb County 90.7%
Marshall County 9.3%

Other place names in 35962

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

ZIP codes near 35962

ZIPCityDistance
35974 Geraldine, AL 4.6 mi
35951 Albertville, AL 7.0 mi
35963 Dawson, AL 7.5 mi
35975 Groveoak, AL 10.0 mi
35961 Collinsville, AL 10.9 mi
35957 Boaz, AL 11.6 mi
35971 Fyffe, AL 12.0 mi
35956 Boaz, AL 12.3 mi
35950 Albertville, AL 13.3 mi
35954 Attalla, AL 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35962?

35962 is in Crossville, Alabama, in DeKalb County, part of the Fort Payne, AL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.2993, -86.0366.

What county is 35962 in?

35962 spans 2 counties: DeKalb County and Marshall County. Most of it falls in DeKalb 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 35962?

Crossville uses area code 256, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 35962 in?

35962 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35962?

About 8,666 people live in ZIP code 35962, in 2,814 households, at 121.2 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 35962?

$60,392 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35962?

The closest are 35974 (4.6 mi), 35951 (7 mi), 35963 (7.5 mi), 35975 (10 mi) and 35961 (10.9 mi).

Is 35962 a PO Box ZIP code?

35962 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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