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01824

ZIP 01824 is Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
26,650
Coordinates
42.5908, -71.3552
☼ Live from 01824 — Chelmsford, MA

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Where 01824 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01824
  • 🔢 Type 01824 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,824 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 19. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01822 (Billerica, MA, 5 mi away) and 01825 (North Reading, MA, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01824 becomes 42810, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01842, 02148, 02184, 02481, 02814, 02841, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84120 in West Valley City, UT, 2,083 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,422 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01824 and you would come out at 42.59°S, 108.64°E — 835 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 18.1 square miles of land, 01824 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,650This ZIP26,650
Households9,877This ZIP9,877
Housing units10,327This ZIP10,327
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$140,050This ZIP$140,050Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$619,700This ZIP$619,700Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,167This ZIP$2,167Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher55.6%This ZIP55.6%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density1,475.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,475.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments844This ZIP844
Employees20,094This ZIP20,094
Annual payroll$1,440,267,000This ZIP$1,440,267,000
Tax returns filed14,110This ZIP14,110
Total adjusted gross income$1,918,236,000This ZIP$1,918,236,000

Land area

Land area18.06 sq miThis ZIP18.06 sq mi
Water area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi

Other place names in 01824

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ZIP codes near 01824

ZIPCityDistance
01851 Lowell, MA 2.7 mi
01862 North Billerica, MA 3.1 mi
01863 North Chelmsford, MA 3.5 mi
01853 Lowell, MA 3.5 mi
01741 Carlisle, MA 3.7 mi
01854 Lowell, MA 4.1 mi
01852 Lowell, MA 4.2 mi
01886 Westford, MA 4.3 mi
01822 Billerica, MA 4.9 mi
01850 Lowell, MA 5.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01824?

01824 is in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5908, -71.3552.

What county is 01824 in?

01824 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01824?

Chelmsford uses area codes 978 and 351, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01824 in?

01824 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01824?

About 26,650 people live in ZIP code 01824, in 9,877 households, at 1,475.5 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 01824?

$140,050 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01824?

The closest are 01851 (2.7 mi), 01862 (3.1 mi), 01863 (3.5 mi), 01853 (3.5 mi) and 01741 (3.7 mi).

Is 01824 a PO Box ZIP code?

01824 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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