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01864

ZIP 01864 is in North Reading, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area code 978; Eastern time. North Reading has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 01825 and 01889.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
15,765
Coordinates
42.5784, -71.0844
☼ Live from 01864 — North Reading, MA

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Where 01864 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01864
  • 🔢 Type 01864 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hgBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,864 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 233. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01863 (North Chelmsford, MA, 16 mi away) and 01865 (Nutting Lake, MA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01864 becomes 46810, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 59 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01468, 04681, 04861, 06418, 06481, 06814, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86401 in Kingman, AZ, 2,327 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,435 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01864 and you would come out at 42.58°S, 108.92°E — 827 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 13.2 square miles of land, 01864 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population15,765This ZIP15,765
Households5,825This ZIP5,825
Housing units5,933This ZIP5,933
Median age43.0This ZIP43.0Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$147,768This ZIP$147,768Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$710,500This ZIP$710,500Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,259This ZIP$2,259Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.4%This ZIP56.4%
Mean commute33.6 minThis ZIP33.6 min
Population density1,198.2 / sq miThis ZIP1,198.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments514This ZIP514
Employees6,881This ZIP6,881
Annual payroll$705,398,000This ZIP$705,398,000
Tax returns filed8,240This ZIP8,240
Total adjusted gross income$1,446,108,000This ZIP$1,446,108,000

Land area

Land area13.16 sq miThis ZIP13.16 sq mi
Water area0.33 sq miThis ZIP0.33 sq mi

ZIP codes near 01864

ZIPCityDistance
01825 North Reading, MA 0.4 mi
01889 North Reading, MA 1.4 mi
01867 Reading, MA 3.2 mi
01940 Lynnfield, MA 3.9 mi
01887 Wilmington, MA 4.2 mi
01949 Middleton, MA 4.5 mi
01937 Hathorne, MA 5.1 mi
01880 Wakefield, MA 5.2 mi
01899 Andover, MA 6.1 mi
01810 Andover, MA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01864?

01864 is in North Reading, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5784, -71.0844.

What county is 01864 in?

01864 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01864?

North Reading uses area code 978, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 01864 in?

01864 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01864?

About 15,765 people live in ZIP code 01864, in 5,825 households, at 1,198.2 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 01864?

$147,768 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01864?

The closest are 01825 (0.4 mi), 01889 (1.4 mi), 01867 (3.2 mi), 01940 (3.9 mi) and 01887 (4.2 mi).

Is 01864 a PO Box ZIP code?

01864 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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