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35971

ZIP 35971 is Fyffe, 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
4,452
Coordinates
34.4560, -85.9466
☼ Live from 35971 — Fyffe, AL

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Where 35971 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 35971
  • 🔢 Type 35971 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILGSE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 35,971 = 13 × 2767. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110010000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 35968 (Fort Payne, AL, 9 mi away) and 35972 (Gallant, AL, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 35971 becomes 17953 — and that is a real ZIP code: Middleport, PA, 692 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13795, 15379, 15739, 15937, 17935, 17953, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97135 in Pacific City, OR, 2,126 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 76% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯788 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 35971 and you would come out at 34.46°S, 94.05°E — 1,270 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 51m.
  • 📏 At 55.2 square miles of land, 35971 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,452This ZIP4,452
Households1,720This ZIP1,720
Housing units1,862This ZIP1,862
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$58,528This ZIP$58,528Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$143,100This ZIP$143,100Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$732This ZIP$732Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.3%This ZIP7.3%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density80.6 / sq miThis ZIP80.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments74This ZIP74
Employees1,122This ZIP1,122
Annual payroll$45,665,000This ZIP$45,665,000
Tax returns filed1,810This ZIP1,810
Total adjusted gross income$95,183,000This ZIP$95,183,000

Land area

Land area55.22 sq miThis ZIP55.22 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 35971 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
DeKalb County 99.7%
Jackson County 0.3%

Other place names in 35971

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ZIP codes near 35971

ZIPCityDistance
35771 Section, AL 6.6 mi
35963 Dawson, AL 6.7 mi
35986 Rainsville, AL 6.9 mi
35975 Groveoak, AL 7.2 mi
35974 Geraldine, AL 7.4 mi
35968 Fort Payne, AL 9.0 mi
35755 Langston, AL 10.4 mi
35988 Sylvania, AL 11.1 mi
35744 Dutton, AL 11.1 mi
35961 Collinsville, AL 12.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 35971?

35971 is in Fyffe, Alabama, in DeKalb County, part of the Fort Payne, AL micropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.4560, -85.9466.

What county is 35971 in?

35971 spans 2 counties: DeKalb County and Jackson 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 35971?

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

What time zone is 35971 in?

35971 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 35971?

About 4,452 people live in ZIP code 35971, in 1,720 households, at 80.6 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 35971?

$58,528 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 35971?

The closest are 35771 (6.6 mi), 35963 (6.7 mi), 35986 (6.9 mi), 35975 (7.2 mi) and 35974 (7.4 mi).

Is 35971 a PO Box ZIP code?

35971 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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