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01854

ZIP 01854 is in Lowell, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time. Lowell has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 01850, 01851, 01852 and 01853.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
30,081
Coordinates
42.6495, -71.3482
☼ Live from 01854 — Lowell, MA

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Where 01854 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01854
  • 🔢 Type 01854 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,854 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 103. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11100111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01853 (Lowell, MA, 2 mi away) and 01860 (Merrimac, MA, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01854 becomes 45810 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ada, OH, 655 miles away.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01845, 04851, 05148, 05481, 05841, 08514, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85041 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,285 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 01854 and you would come out at 42.65°S, 108.65°E — 838 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 02m.
  • 📏 At 4.0 square miles of land, 01854 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,081This ZIP30,081
Households10,602This ZIP10,602
Housing units11,140This ZIP11,140
Median age32.8This ZIP32.8Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$72,709This ZIP$72,709Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$412,000This ZIP$412,000Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,487This ZIP$1,487Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.2%This ZIP31.2%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density7,596.2 / sq miThis ZIP7,596.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments299This ZIP299
Employees7,284This ZIP7,284
Annual payroll$484,318,000This ZIP$484,318,000
Tax returns filed11,940This ZIP11,940
Total adjusted gross income$683,687,000This ZIP$683,687,000

Land area

Land area3.96 sq miThis ZIP3.96 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Other place names in 01854

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 01854

ZIPCityDistance
01851 Lowell, MA 1.6 mi
01853 Lowell, MA 2.0 mi
01850 Lowell, MA 2.3 mi
01863 North Chelmsford, MA 2.8 mi
01852 Lowell, MA 2.9 mi
01826 Dracut, MA 3.2 mi
01824 Chelmsford, MA 4.1 mi
01879 Tyngsboro, MA 4.3 mi
01862 North Billerica, MA 5.6 mi
03076 Pelham, NH 5.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01854?

01854 is in Lowell, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6495, -71.3482.

What county is 01854 in?

01854 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01854?

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

What time zone is 01854 in?

01854 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01854?

About 30,081 people live in ZIP code 01854, in 10,602 households, at 7,596.2 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 01854?

$72,709 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01854?

The closest are 01851 (1.6 mi), 01853 (2 mi), 01850 (2.3 mi), 01863 (2.8 mi) and 01852 (2.9 mi).

Is 01854 a PO Box ZIP code?

01854 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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