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36561

ZIP 36561 is Orange Beach, Alabama, in Baldwin County; area code 251; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Baldwin
Population
9,528
Coordinates
30.2876, -87.5713
☼ Live from 36561 — Orange Beach, AL

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Where 36561 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 36561
  • 🔢 Type 36561 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IgSgE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 36,561 = 3 × 7 × 1741. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111011010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 36560 (Mount Vernon, AL, 62 mi away) and 36562 (Perdido, AL, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 36561 becomes 16563 — and that is a real ZIP code: Erie, PA, 919 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13656, 13665, 15366, 15636, 15663, 16365, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56631 in Bowstring, MN, 1,237 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 92% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯905 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 36561 and you would come out at 30.29°S, 92.43°E — 1,284 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 06m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 11m.
  • 📏 At 16.7 square miles of land, 36561 is bigger than 34% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,528This ZIP9,528
Households4,467This ZIP4,467
Housing units15,926This ZIP15,926
Median age53.4This ZIP53.4Alabama39.3US 38.9
Median household income$98,295This ZIP$98,295Alabama$63,999US $80,734
Median home value$574,500This ZIP$574,500Alabama$209,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,591This ZIP$1,591Alabama$1,007US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.1%This ZIP43.1%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density570.5 / sq miThis ZIP570.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments549This ZIP549
Employees7,053This ZIP7,053
Annual payroll$277,801,000This ZIP$277,801,000
Tax returns filed4,530This ZIP4,530
Total adjusted gross income$704,123,000This ZIP$704,123,000

Land area

Land area16.70 sq miThis ZIP16.70 sq mi
Water area9.97 sq miThis ZIP9.97 sq mi

Other place names in 36561

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

ZIP codes near 36561

ZIPCityDistance
36547 Gulf Shores, AL 5.5 mi
36530 Elberta, AL 8.4 mi
36511 Bon Secour, AL 10.3 mi
36542 Gulf Shores, AL 10.8 mi
36549 Lillian, AL 11.1 mi
36535 Foley, AL 11.4 mi
32507 Pensacola, FL 12.0 mi
36536 Foley, AL 12.3 mi
32506 Pensacola, FL 13.9 mi
36555 Magnolia Springs, AL 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 36561?

36561 is in Orange Beach, Alabama, in Baldwin County, part of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 30.2876, -87.5713.

What county is 36561 in?

36561 lies in Baldwin County.

What area code is 36561?

Orange Beach uses area code 251, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 36561 in?

36561 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 36561?

About 9,528 people live in ZIP code 36561, in 4,467 households, at 570.5 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 36561?

$98,295 a year, against $63,999 across Alabama.

What ZIP codes are near 36561?

The closest are 36547 (5.5 mi), 36530 (8.4 mi), 36511 (10.3 mi), 36542 (10.8 mi) and 36549 (11.1 mi).

Is 36561 a PO Box ZIP code?

36561 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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