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01862

ZIP 01862 is North Billerica, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area codes 978 and 508; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
12,129
Coordinates
42.5785, -71.2956
☼ Live from 01862 — North Billerica, MA

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Where 01862 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01862
  • 🔢 Type 01862 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZgBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,862 = 2 × 7 × 7 × 19. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01860 (Merrimac, MA, 23 mi away) and 01863 (North Chelmsford, MA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01862 becomes 26810 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lost City, WV, 462 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01826, 02186, 02816, 02861, 06128, 06281, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86021 in Colorado City, AZ, 2,234 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,425 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01862 and you would come out at 42.58°S, 108.70°E — 832 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 9.1 square miles of land, 01862 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,129This ZIP12,129
Households4,364This ZIP4,364
Housing units4,376This ZIP4,376
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$138,571This ZIP$138,571Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$586,200This ZIP$586,200Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,142This ZIP$2,142Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.8%This ZIP38.8%
Mean commute29.2 minThis ZIP29.2 min
Population density1,332.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,332.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments430This ZIP430
Employees11,110This ZIP11,110
Annual payroll$1,072,692,000This ZIP$1,072,692,000
Tax returns filed5,870This ZIP5,870
Total adjusted gross income$572,570,000This ZIP$572,570,000

Land area

Land area9.11 sq miThis ZIP9.11 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

ZIP codes near 01862

ZIPCityDistance
01822 Billerica, MA 1.9 mi
01821 Billerica, MA 3.0 mi
01865 Nutting Lake, MA 3.1 mi
01824 Chelmsford, MA 3.1 mi
01852 Lowell, MA 3.8 mi
01853 Lowell, MA 3.9 mi
01851 Lowell, MA 4.0 mi
01876 Tewksbury, MA 4.2 mi
01741 Carlisle, MA 4.4 mi
01866 Pinehurst, MA 4.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01862?

01862 is in North Billerica, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5785, -71.2956.

What county is 01862 in?

01862 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01862?

North Billerica uses area codes 978 and 508, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01862 in?

01862 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01862?

About 12,129 people live in ZIP code 01862, in 4,364 households, at 1,332.0 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 01862?

$138,571 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01862?

The closest are 01822 (1.9 mi), 01821 (3 mi), 01865 (3.1 mi), 01824 (3.1 mi) and 01852 (3.8 mi).

Is 01862 a PO Box ZIP code?

01862 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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