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01950

ZIP 01950 is Newburyport, Massachusetts, in Essex County; area codes 978 and 351; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
18,652
Coordinates
42.8124, -70.8911
☼ Live from 01950 — Newburyport, MA

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Where 01950 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01950
  • 🔢 Type 01950 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSGIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,950 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 13. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11110011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01949 (Middleton, MA, 15 mi away) and 01951 (Newbury, MA, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01950 becomes 05910, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00915, 00951, 01059, 01095, 01509, 01590, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95010 in Capitola, CA, 2,695 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,445 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01950 and you would come out at 42.81°S, 109.11°E — 836 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 8.4 square miles of land, 01950 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,652This ZIP18,652
Households8,107This ZIP8,107
Housing units8,710This ZIP8,710
Median age49.8This ZIP49.8Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$139,625This ZIP$139,625Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$834,000This ZIP$834,000Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,592This ZIP$1,592Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher67.0%This ZIP67.0%
Mean commute31.5 minThis ZIP31.5 min
Population density2,233.8 / sq miThis ZIP2,233.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments802This ZIP802
Employees11,865This ZIP11,865
Annual payroll$800,115,000This ZIP$800,115,000
Tax returns filed9,950This ZIP9,950
Total adjusted gross income$1,800,975,000This ZIP$1,800,975,000

Land area

Land area8.35 sq miThis ZIP8.35 sq mi
Water area2.30 sq miThis ZIP2.30 sq mi

Other place names in 01950

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

ZIP codes near 01950

ZIPCityDistance
01952 Salisbury, MA 3.4 mi
01951 Newbury, MA 3.4 mi
01985 West Newbury, MA 3.8 mi
01922 Byfield, MA 4.0 mi
01913 Amesbury, MA 4.2 mi
03874 Seabrook, NH 5.1 mi
01969 Rowley, MA 6.3 mi
01860 Merrimac, MA 6.4 mi
01834 Groveland, MA 7.5 mi
01833 Georgetown, MA 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01950?

01950 is in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in Essex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8124, -70.8911.

What county is 01950 in?

01950 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 01950?

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

What time zone is 01950 in?

01950 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01950?

About 18,652 people live in ZIP code 01950, in 8,107 households, at 2,233.8 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 01950?

$139,625 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01950?

The closest are 01952 (3.4 mi), 01951 (3.4 mi), 01985 (3.8 mi), 01922 (4 mi) and 01913 (4.2 mi).

Is 01950 a PO Box ZIP code?

01950 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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