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01730

ZIP 01730 is Bedford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
14,707
Coordinates
42.4993, -71.2819
☼ Live from 01730 — Bedford, MA

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Where 01730 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01730
  • 🔢 Type 01730 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OELIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,730 = 2 × 5 × 173. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11011000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01721 (Ashland, MA, 19 mi away) and 01731 (Hanscom Afb, MA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01730 becomes 03710, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00731, 01037, 01073, 01370, 01703, 03071, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00731 in Ponce, PR, 1,707 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,426 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01730 and you would come out at 42.50°S, 108.72°E — 827 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 12.4 square miles of land, 01730 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population14,707This ZIP14,707
Households5,869This ZIP5,869
Housing units5,970This ZIP5,970
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$172,400This ZIP$172,400Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$898,500This ZIP$898,500Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,622This ZIP$2,622Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher69.6%This ZIP69.6%
Mean commute25.8 minThis ZIP25.8 min
Population density1,181.8 / sq miThis ZIP1,181.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments549This ZIP549
Employees23,516This ZIP23,516
Annual payroll$2,942,937,000This ZIP$2,942,937,000
Tax returns filed7,050This ZIP7,050
Total adjusted gross income$1,379,861,000This ZIP$1,379,861,000

Land area

Land area12.45 sq miThis ZIP12.45 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 01730

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ZIP codes near 01730

ZIPCityDistance
01731 Hanscom Afb, MA 2.4 mi
01865 Nutting Lake, MA 2.7 mi
01866 Pinehurst, MA 3.4 mi
01821 Billerica, MA 3.8 mi
01803 Burlington, MA 4.1 mi
01822 Billerica, MA 4.1 mi
02420 Lexington, MA 4.3 mi
01805 Burlington, MA 4.4 mi
02421 Lexington, MA 4.7 mi
01741 Carlisle, MA 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01730?

01730 is in Bedford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4993, -71.2819.

What county is 01730 in?

01730 lies in Middlesex County.

What time zone is 01730 in?

01730 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01730?

About 14,707 people live in ZIP code 01730, in 5,869 households, at 1,181.8 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 01730?

$172,400 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01730?

The closest are 01731 (2.4 mi), 01865 (2.7 mi), 01866 (3.4 mi), 01821 (3.8 mi) and 01803 (4.1 mi).

Is 01730 a PO Box ZIP code?

01730 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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