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36078

ZIP 36078 is Tallassee, Alabama, mostly in Elmore County; area code 334; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Elmore +2 more
Metro area
Montgomery, AL
Population
13,767
Coordinates
32.5470, -85.9427
☼ Live from 36078 — Tallassee, AL

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Where 36078 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 36078
  • 🔢 Type 36078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,078 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 859. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000110011101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36075 (Shorter, AL, 12 mi away) and 36079 (Troy, AL, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36078 becomes 87063 — and that is a real ZIP code: Willard, NM, 1,155 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03768, 03867, 06378, 06387, 06783, 07836, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83607 in Caldwell, ID, 1,829 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯864 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36078 and you would come out at 32.55°S, 94.06°E — 1,273 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 177.4 square miles of land, 36078 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 135 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,767This ZIP13,767
Households5,352This ZIP5,352
Housing units6,187This ZIP6,187
Median age38.6This ZIP38.6Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$69,289This ZIP$69,289Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$178,500This ZIP$178,500Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$936This ZIP$936Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.3%This ZIP17.3%
Mean commute27.8 minThis ZIP27.8 min
Population density77.6 / sq miThis ZIP77.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments251This ZIP251
Employees4,312This ZIP4,312
Annual payroll$215,315,000This ZIP$215,315,000
Tax returns filed5,730This ZIP5,730
Total adjusted gross income$371,446,000This ZIP$371,446,000

Land area

Land area177.44 sq miThis ZIP177.44 sq mi
Water area5.65 sq miThis ZIP5.65 sq mi

Counties 36078 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Elmore County 73.0%
Tallapoosa County 24.3%
Macon County 2.7%

Other place names in 36078

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ZIP codes near 36078

ZIPCityDistance
36045 Kent, AL 5.0 mi
36024 Eclectic, AL 9.7 mi
36093 Wetumpka, AL 11.7 mi
36075 Shorter, AL 11.7 mi
36866 Notasulga, AL 13.5 mi
36057 Mount Meigs, AL 14.5 mi
36087 Tuskegee Institute, AL 15.3 mi
36092 Wetumpka, AL 15.5 mi
36088 Tuskegee Institute, AL 15.8 mi
36117 Montgomery, AL 16.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36078?

36078 is in Tallassee, Alabama, in Elmore County, part of the Montgomery, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.5470, -85.9427.

What county is 36078 in?

36078 spans 3 counties: Elmore County, Tallapoosa County and Macon County. Most of it falls in Elmore 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 36078?

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

What time zone is 36078 in?

36078 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 36078?

About 13,767 people live in ZIP code 36078, in 5,352 households, at 77.6 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 36078?

$69,289 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 36078?

The closest are 36045 (5 mi), 36024 (9.7 mi), 36093 (11.7 mi), 36075 (11.7 mi) and 36866 (13.5 mi).

Is 36078 a PO Box ZIP code?

36078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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