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01887

ZIP 01887 is Wilmington, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County; area code 978; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Middlesex
Population
23,336
Coordinates
42.5646, -71.1645
☼ Live from 01887 — Wilmington, MA

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Where 01887 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01887
  • 🔢 Type 01887 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBBIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,887 = 3 × 17 × 37. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11101011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01886 (Westford, MA, 14 mi away) and 01888 (Woburn, MA, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01887 becomes 78810, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07188, 07881, 08817, 08871, 17088, 17880, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87801 in Socorro, NM, 2,021 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,431 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01887 and you would come out at 42.56°S, 108.84°E — 828 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 17.0 square miles of land, 01887 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,336This ZIP23,336
Households7,926This ZIP7,926
Housing units8,077This ZIP8,077
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$168,152This ZIP$168,152Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$680,500This ZIP$680,500Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,394This ZIP$2,394Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher50.4%This ZIP50.4%
Mean commute30.3 minThis ZIP30.3 min
Population density1,374.9 / sq miThis ZIP1,374.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments851This ZIP851
Employees26,779This ZIP26,779
Annual payroll$2,433,149,000This ZIP$2,433,149,000
Tax returns filed12,280This ZIP12,280
Total adjusted gross income$1,452,120,000This ZIP$1,452,120,000

Land area

Land area16.97 sq miThis ZIP16.97 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 01887

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

ZIP codes near 01887

ZIPCityDistance
01889 North Reading, MA 2.8 mi
01867 Reading, MA 3.6 mi
01866 Pinehurst, MA 4.1 mi
01864 North Reading, MA 4.2 mi
01825 North Reading, MA 4.4 mi
01805 Burlington, MA 4.4 mi
01821 Billerica, MA 4.6 mi
01876 Tewksbury, MA 4.6 mi
01803 Burlington, MA 4.6 mi
01801 Woburn, MA 5.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01887?

01887 is in Wilmington, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5646, -71.1645.

What county is 01887 in?

01887 lies in Middlesex County.

What area code is 01887?

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

What time zone is 01887 in?

01887 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01887?

About 23,336 people live in ZIP code 01887, in 7,926 households, at 1,374.9 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 01887?

$168,152 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01887?

The closest are 01889 (2.8 mi), 01867 (3.6 mi), 01866 (4.1 mi), 01864 (4.2 mi) and 01825 (4.4 mi).

Is 01887 a PO Box ZIP code?

01887 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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