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Birmingham, AL 35242
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Meadowbrook, AL 35242
Shoal Creek, AL 35242
Vestavia, AL 35242
Vestavia Hills, AL 35242
Vestavia Hls, AL 35242

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ZIP Code 35242 has segments in 2 Counties (Jefferson, Shelby).

The 35242 ZIP Code is centered1 in Shelby County at latitude 33.404 and longitude -86.712 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Shelby County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 35242 was 32,244 with 13,948 housing units; a land area land area of 63.05 sq. miles; a water area of 1.4 sq. miles; and a population density of 511.42 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Meadowbrook, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Inverness, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Camp Horne, AL (1.4 miles NW)
Acton, AL (1.9 miles NW)
Lake Purdy, AL (2.7 miles NE)
New Hope, AL (3.4 miles SSW)
Rocky Ridge, AL (3.6 miles WNW)
Indian Springs Village, AL (4.1 miles SW)
Cahaba Heights, AL (4.3 miles NNW)
Watkins, AL (4.7 miles SSE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Inverness Cliffs, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Woodford, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Meadow Ridge, AL (< 0.1 mile)
Sunnymeadows, AL (1.4 miles S)
Hickory Ridge, AL (1.4 miles SSW)
Morning Sun Villas, AL (1.4 miles NE)
Riverwood, AL (1.4 miles WNW)
Inverness Point, AL (1.4 miles NNW)
Cahaba Cliffs, AL (1.9 miles NNW)
Altadena Woods, AL (1.9 miles W)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.