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36047

ZIP 36047 is Letohatchee, Alabama, mostly in Lowndes County; area code 334; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lowndes +1 more
Metro area
Montgomery, AL
Population
1,074
Coordinates
32.0867, -86.5196
☼ Live from 36047 — Letohatchee, AL

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Where 36047 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 36047
  • 🔢 Type 36047 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,047 = 11 × 29 × 113. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36046 (Lapine, AL, 13 mi away) and 36048 (Louisville, AL, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36047 becomes 74063 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sand Springs, OK, 620 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03467, 03746, 04637, 04673, 04736, 04763, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04736 in Caribou, ME, 1,415 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 52%.
  • 🎯859 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36047 and you would come out at 32.09°S, 93.48°E — 1,309 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 15m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 03m.
  • 📏 At 104.3 square miles of land, 36047 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 79 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,074This ZIP1,074
Households468This ZIP468
Housing units545This ZIP545
Median age54.7This ZIP54.7Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$50,441This ZIP$50,441Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher13.6%This ZIP13.6%
Mean commute34.6 minThis ZIP34.6 min
Population density10.3 / sq miThis ZIP10.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees38This ZIP38
Annual payroll$2,473,000This ZIP$2,473,000
Tax returns filed560This ZIP560
Total adjusted gross income$27,719,000This ZIP$27,719,000

Land area

Land area104.31 sq miThis ZIP104.31 sq mi
Water area0.98 sq miThis ZIP0.98 sq mi

Counties 36047 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lowndes County 90.1%
Montgomery County 9.9%

ZIP codes near 36047

ZIPCityDistance
36032 Fort Deposit, AL 6.8 mi
36043 Hope Hull, AL 8.4 mi
36040 Hayneville, AL 11.1 mi
36046 Lapine, AL 12.5 mi
36042 Honoraville, AL 15.5 mi
36041 Highland Home, AL 15.5 mi
36752 Lowndesboro, AL 16.1 mi
36105 Montgomery, AL 16.7 mi
36108 Montgomery, AL 18.8 mi
36069 Ramer, AL 20.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36047?

36047 is in Letohatchee, Alabama, in Lowndes County, part of the Montgomery, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.0867, -86.5196.

What county is 36047 in?

36047 spans 2 counties: Lowndes County and Montgomery County. Most of it falls in Lowndes 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 36047?

Letohatchee uses area code 334, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36047 in?

36047 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 36047?

About 1,074 people live in ZIP code 36047, in 468 households, at 10.3 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 36047?

$50,441 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 36047?

The closest are 36032 (6.8 mi), 36043 (8.4 mi), 36040 (11.1 mi), 36046 (12.5 mi) and 36042 (15.5 mi).

Is 36047 a PO Box ZIP code?

36047 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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