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01469

ZIP 01469 is Townsend, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area code 978; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
6,820
Coordinates
42.6648, -71.6951
☼ Live from 01469 — Townsend, MA

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Where 01469 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01469
  • 🔢 Type 01469 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GghIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,469 = 13 × 113. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01468 (Templeton, MA, 21 mi away) and 01470 (Groton, MA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01469 becomes 96410 — and that is a real ZIP code: APO AA, a military post office, 8,367 miles away.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04619, 04691, 04961, 06419, 06491, 06914, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96410 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,367 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,404 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01469 and you would come out at 42.66°S, 108.30°E — 848 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
  • 📏 At 21.6 square miles of land, 01469 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 16 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,820This ZIP6,820
Households2,583This ZIP2,583
Housing units2,648This ZIP2,648
Median age38.7This ZIP38.7Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$103,801This ZIP$103,801Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$425,800This ZIP$425,800Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,305This ZIP$1,305Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.3%This ZIP38.3%
Mean commute38.4 minThis ZIP38.4 min
Population density315.5 / sq miThis ZIP315.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments119This ZIP119
Employees1,363This ZIP1,363
Annual payroll$57,772,000This ZIP$57,772,000
Tax returns filed3,620This ZIP3,620
Total adjusted gross income$317,667,000This ZIP$317,667,000

Land area

Land area21.62 sq miThis ZIP21.62 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 01469

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ZIP codes near 01469

ZIPCityDistance
01474 West Townsend, MA 2.8 mi
01463 Pepperell, MA 4.7 mi
01472 West Groton, MA 5.4 mi
01462 Lunenburg, MA 5.8 mi
03033 Brookline, NH 5.9 mi
03048 Greenville, NH 6.4 mi
01464 Shirley, MA 6.9 mi
01431 Ashby, MA 7.0 mi
01470 Groton, MA 7.2 mi
01471 Groton, MA 7.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01469?

01469 is in Townsend, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6648, -71.6951.

What county is 01469 in?

01469 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01469?

Townsend uses area code 978, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01469 in?

01469 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01469?

About 6,820 people live in ZIP code 01469, in 2,583 households, at 315.5 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 01469?

$103,801 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01469?

The closest are 01474 (2.8 mi), 01463 (4.7 mi), 01472 (5.4 mi), 01462 (5.8 mi) and 03033 (5.9 mi).

Is 01469 a PO Box ZIP code?

01469 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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