What does your zip code say about you?

11 years ago

If you enter your zipcode, it tells you about the people that live there. It's accurate for all the zip codes I entered....

http://www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry

Here is a link that might be useful: Zip code search for your area

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chisue

11 years ago

I think I've said before that we are among the 'small potatoes' in our area. This confirms why we get all those thick, glossy 'magazines' advertising high end goods and services and requests from every charity known to man.

85% Top Tier

9% Golden Years

6% Urban Chic

(Don't believe everything you read online. I see partial truths here, pumped up to encourage advertising. Not every woman in town is blond and 'toned' either! LOL)

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oldfixer
11 years ago
Get more specific and enter your phone number. It might show a picture of your house.
alisande
11 years ago
That was interesting. Our population is considered a desert--even more sparsely populated than a rural area.

Then I tried entering the ZIP we had in a previous residence: midtown Manhattan. Looking at the stats, it's a wonder we survived the culture shock when we moved. :-)
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triciae
11 years ago
Very interesting site - thanks for posting.

They've got us pegged as "Golden Years". Description seemed to match very well.

/tricia
monica_pa Grieves
11 years ago
Golden Years - And description is correct as to avg income, etc.
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
11 years ago
I am surprised at the median household income in our rural area. We are almost in town and those that are farther away have a much higher income (full time farmers). And, our zip code residents are older than the rest of the county. No surprise there. And only 12 percent are bright young professionals.
joyfulguy
11 years ago
They didn't like my postal code "N0L2G0" ... showed me highway signs, etc. for "20".

They just like numbers ... unlettered, it appears.

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Alice_sj
11 years ago
I was a little surprised by some of the zip codes I put in. For example, my friend lives with her mom in a area that says the average income is 50,000ish. Between the two women, they make about that much, and they still struggle. Both like to shop, but their bills recently increased. I'm not sure how they will manage if they don't change how they spend their money.

I also felt that the description for where I live is accurate, and I am realizing that's why I don't love it here. I don't hate it, but I don't love it.
dedtired
11 years ago
Top Tier is 68 percent and Golden Years is 32 percent. We have a large retirement community in our zip, so it sort of skews the results. That was fun.
alisande
11 years ago
I just tried putting in the ZIP where one of my cousins lives. I recently referred to her area as "affluent," and she disputed that. According to the website, the median income at her location is $109,000. That's reasonably affluent by my standards. The Tapestry section says she's living among exurbanites, while I'm knee-deep in the salt of the earth. :-)
jemdandy
11 years ago
Did you notice that if you hold the mouse button down, you could slide the map around to adjacent locations and it would pause a bit while loading data for the new area.

The locations should accurate since it is the postal codes the post office uses to route mail. The other descriptions data may come from census data.

joyful guy tried code "N0L2G0" which did not work Maybe this is a Canadian code and the finder site is programmed only for USA codes.
Jodi_SoCal
11 years ago
It was pretty much spot on for our neighborhood except it said the top two groups like to spend time in casinos. Don't know a single person who does this.
nicole__
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11 years ago
My zipcode said: We eat organic, we like whole Foods & Trader Joes. Long hours spent working and online are balanced with regular workouts at the gym. We focus on home maintenance and improvement...well invested and well insured....

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