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35967

ZIP 35967 is in Fort Payne, Alabama, mostly in DeKalb County; area code 256; Central time. Fort Payne has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 35968.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
DeKalb +1 more
Metro area
Fort Payne, AL
Population
16,957
Coordinates
34.3938, -85.6980
☼ Live from 35967 — Fort Payne, AL

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Where 35967 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35967
  • 🔢 Type 35967 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LgGSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,967 = 3 × 19 × 631. Its digits add up to 30, a total 1,024 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110001111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35966 (Flat Rock, AL, 28 mi away) and 35968 (Fort Payne, AL, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35967 becomes 76953 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tennyson, TX, 866 miles away.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (35769, 35976, 36579, 36759, 37659, 39567, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96375 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,709 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 77% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯802 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35967 and you would come out at 34.39°S, 94.30°E — 1,256 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
  • 📏 At 127.0 square miles of land, 35967 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 96 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,957This ZIP16,957
Households6,549This ZIP6,549
Housing units7,779This ZIP7,779
Median age38.8This ZIP38.8Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$47,051This ZIP$47,051Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$157,300This ZIP$157,300Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$684This ZIP$684Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.1%This ZIP17.1%
Mean commute18.6 minThis ZIP18.6 min
Population density133.5 / sq miThis ZIP133.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments434This ZIP434
Employees7,663This ZIP7,663
Annual payroll$442,592,000This ZIP$442,592,000
Tax returns filed6,730This ZIP6,730
Total adjusted gross income$377,099,000This ZIP$377,099,000

Land area

Land area127.03 sq miThis ZIP127.03 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Counties 35967 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
DeKalb County 92.3%
Cherokee County 7.7%

Other place names in 35967

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ZIP codes near 35967

ZIPCityDistance
35968 Fort Payne, AL 7.7 mi
35973 Gaylesville, AL 9.0 mi
35961 Collinsville, AL 10.5 mi
35986 Rainsville, AL 11.2 mi
35959 Cedar Bluff, AL 11.5 mi
35984 Mentone, AL 11.8 mi
35988 Sylvania, AL 12.7 mi
35963 Dawson, AL 13.3 mi
35989 Valley Head, AL 14.6 mi
35971 Fyffe, AL 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35967?

35967 is in Fort Payne, Alabama, in DeKalb County, part of the Fort Payne, AL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.3938, -85.6980.

What county is 35967 in?

35967 spans 2 counties: DeKalb County and Cherokee 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 35967?

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

What time zone is 35967 in?

35967 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35967?

About 16,957 people live in ZIP code 35967, in 6,549 households, at 133.5 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 35967?

$47,051 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35967?

The closest are 35968 (7.7 mi), 35973 (9 mi), 35961 (10.5 mi), 35986 (11.2 mi) and 35959 (11.5 mi).

Is 35967 a PO Box ZIP code?

35967 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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