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01944

ZIP 01944 is Manchester, Massachusetts, in Essex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
5,403
Coordinates
42.5766, -70.7672
☼ Live from 01944 — Manchester, MA

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Where 01944 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01944
  • 🔢 Type 01944 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhGIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,944 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01940 (Lynnfield, MA, 14 mi away) and 01945 (Marblehead, MA, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01944 becomes 44910, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04419, 04491, 04941, 09144, 14094, 14904, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09144 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,632 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,452 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01944 and you would come out at 42.58°S, 109.23°E — 819 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 19m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 03m.
  • 📏 At 9.2 square miles of land, 01944 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.0 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,403This ZIP5,403
Households2,156This ZIP2,156
Housing units2,226This ZIP2,226
Median age48.9This ZIP48.9Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$206,389This ZIP$206,389Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$942,000This ZIP$942,000Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,811This ZIP$1,811Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher78.3%This ZIP78.3%
Mean commute29.7 minThis ZIP29.7 min
Population density585.4 / sq miThis ZIP585.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments178This ZIP178
Employees1,421This ZIP1,421
Annual payroll$82,476,000This ZIP$82,476,000
Tax returns filed2,720This ZIP2,720
Total adjusted gross income$1,141,890,000This ZIP$1,141,890,000

Land area

Land area9.23 sq miThis ZIP9.23 sq mi
Water area1.24 sq miThis ZIP1.24 sq mi

ZIP codes near 01944

ZIPCityDistance
01965 Prides Crossing, MA 3.1 mi
01929 Essex, MA 4.4 mi
01915 Beverly, MA 5.1 mi
01930 Gloucester, MA 5.4 mi
01982 South Hamilton, MA 5.7 mi
01931 Gloucester, MA 6.0 mi
01970 Salem, MA 6.1 mi
01984 Wenham, MA 6.1 mi
01945 Marblehead, MA 6.6 mi
01936 Hamilton, MA 7.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01944?

01944 is in Manchester, Massachusetts, in Essex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.5766, -70.7672.

What county is 01944 in?

01944 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 01944?

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

What time zone is 01944 in?

01944 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01944?

About 5,403 people live in ZIP code 01944, in 2,156 households, at 585.4 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 01944?

$206,389 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01944?

The closest are 01965 (3.1 mi), 01929 (4.4 mi), 01915 (5.1 mi), 01930 (5.4 mi) and 01982 (5.7 mi).

Is 01944 a PO Box ZIP code?

01944 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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