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01860

ZIP 01860 is Merrimac, Massachusetts, in Essex County; area codes 351 and 978; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
6,748
Coordinates
42.8386, -71.0120
☼ Live from 01860 — Merrimac, MA

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Where 01860 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01860
  • 🔢 Type 01860 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,860 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 31. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01854 (Lowell, MA, 21 mi away) and 01862 (North Billerica, MA, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01860 becomes 06810 — and that is a real ZIP code: Danbury, CT, 161 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00681, 01068, 01086, 01608, 06018, 06081, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86001 in Flagstaff, AZ, 2,223 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,439 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01860 and you would come out at 42.84°S, 108.99°E — 841 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 21m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 8.5 square miles of land, 01860 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,748This ZIP6,748
Households2,815This ZIP2,815
Housing units2,899This ZIP2,899
Median age49.4This ZIP49.4Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$123,054This ZIP$123,054Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$553,400This ZIP$553,400Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,352This ZIP$1,352Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.0%This ZIP41.0%
Mean commute32.0 minThis ZIP32.0 min
Population density794.0 / sq miThis ZIP794.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments103This ZIP103
Employees765This ZIP765
Annual payroll$32,461,000This ZIP$32,461,000
Tax returns filed3,690This ZIP3,690
Total adjusted gross income$370,078,000This ZIP$370,078,000

Land area

Land area8.50 sq miThis ZIP8.50 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

ZIP codes near 01860

ZIPCityDistance
03859 Newton Junction, NH 2.1 mi
03858 Newton, NH 2.8 mi
01913 Amesbury, MA 3.0 mi
01830 Haverhill, MA 3.6 mi
01985 West Newbury, MA 3.6 mi
03865 Plaistow, NH 4.1 mi
03827 East Kingston, NH 4.6 mi
01834 Groveland, MA 5.9 mi
03848 Kingston, NH 6.1 mi
01950 Newburyport, MA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01860?

01860 is in Merrimac, Massachusetts, in Essex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8386, -71.0120.

What county is 01860 in?

01860 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 01860?

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

What time zone is 01860 in?

01860 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01860?

About 6,748 people live in ZIP code 01860, in 2,815 households, at 794.0 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 01860?

$123,054 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01860?

The closest are 03859 (2.1 mi), 03858 (2.8 mi), 01913 (3 mi), 01830 (3.6 mi) and 01985 (3.6 mi).

Is 01860 a PO Box ZIP code?

01860 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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