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01949

ZIP 01949 is Middleton, Massachusetts, in Essex County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
9,816
Coordinates
42.6103, -71.0063
☼ Live from 01949 — Middleton, MA

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Where 01949 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01949
  • 🔢 Type 01949 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhGIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 01949 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11110011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01945 (Marblehead, MA, 11 mi away) and 01950 (Newburyport, MA, 15 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01949 becomes 94910, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09419, 10949, 10994, 19049, 19094, 19409, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09419 in FPO AE, a military post office, 3,064 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 80% 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 01949 and you would come out at 42.61°S, 108.99°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 13.4 square miles of land, 01949 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,816This ZIP9,816
Households3,172This ZIP3,172
Housing units3,300This ZIP3,300
Median age43.1This ZIP43.1Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$167,402This ZIP$167,402Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$742,700This ZIP$742,700Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,407This ZIP$1,407Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.7%This ZIP41.7%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density730.0 / sq miThis ZIP730.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments412This ZIP412
Employees4,428This ZIP4,428
Annual payroll$326,196,000This ZIP$326,196,000
Tax returns filed4,640This ZIP4,640
Total adjusted gross income$812,168,000This ZIP$812,168,000

Land area

Land area13.45 sq miThis ZIP13.45 sq mi
Water area1.04 sq miThis ZIP1.04 sq mi

ZIP codes near 01949

ZIPCityDistance
01937 Hathorne, MA 2.0 mi
01923 Danvers, MA 3.8 mi
01983 Topsfield, MA 3.9 mi
01825 North Reading, MA 4.4 mi
01864 North Reading, MA 4.5 mi
01921 Boxford, MA 5.1 mi
01940 Lynnfield, MA 5.5 mi
01960 Peabody, MA 5.6 mi
01889 North Reading, MA 5.9 mi
01845 North Andover, MA 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01949?

01949 is in Middleton, Massachusetts, in Essex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.6103, -71.0063.

What county is 01949 in?

01949 lies in Essex County.

What time zone is 01949 in?

01949 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01949?

About 9,816 people live in ZIP code 01949, in 3,172 households, at 730.0 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 01949?

$167,402 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01949?

The closest are 01937 (2 mi), 01923 (3.8 mi), 01983 (3.9 mi), 01825 (4.4 mi) and 01864 (4.5 mi).

Is 01949 a PO Box ZIP code?

01949 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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