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01985

ZIP 01985 is West Newbury, Massachusetts, in Essex County; area code 978; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Essex
Population
4,591
Coordinates
42.7996, -70.9644
☼ Live from 01985 — West Newbury, MA

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Where 01985 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 01985
  • 🔢 Type 01985 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBGIO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 1,985 = 5 × 397. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11111000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 01984 (Wenham, MA, 14 mi away) and 02018 (Accord, MA, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 01985 becomes 58910, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05819, 09185, 09815, 09851, 10589, 10598, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09815 in APO AE, a military post office, 8,240 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,441 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 01985 and you would come out at 42.80°S, 109.04°E — 837 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 13.4 square miles of land, 01985 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,591This ZIP4,591
Households1,684This ZIP1,684
Housing units1,798This ZIP1,798
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5Massachusetts40.0US 38.9
Median household income$179,500This ZIP$179,500Massachusetts$103,960US $80,734
Median home value$808,200This ZIP$808,200Massachusetts$562,100US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,675This ZIP$1,675Massachusetts$1,762US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.8%This ZIP64.8%
Mean commute31.4 minThis ZIP31.4 min
Population density341.4 / sq miThis ZIP341.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments74This ZIP74
Employees274This ZIP274
Annual payroll$13,613,000This ZIP$13,613,000
Tax returns filed2,360This ZIP2,360
Total adjusted gross income$426,123,000This ZIP$426,123,000

Land area

Land area13.45 sq miThis ZIP13.45 sq mi
Water area1.28 sq miThis ZIP1.28 sq mi

ZIP codes near 01985

ZIPCityDistance
01913 Amesbury, MA 3.6 mi
01860 Merrimac, MA 3.6 mi
01950 Newburyport, MA 3.8 mi
01922 Byfield, MA 3.9 mi
01834 Groveland, MA 4.1 mi
01830 Haverhill, MA 4.5 mi
01833 Georgetown, MA 5.2 mi
03859 Newton Junction, NH 5.8 mi
01951 Newbury, MA 6.1 mi
03858 Newton, NH 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 01985?

01985 is in West Newbury, Massachusetts, in Essex County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.7996, -70.9644.

What county is 01985 in?

01985 lies in Essex County.

What area code is 01985?

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

What time zone is 01985 in?

01985 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 01985?

About 4,591 people live in ZIP code 01985, in 1,684 households, at 341.4 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 01985?

$179,500 a year, against $103,960 across Massachusetts.

What ZIP codes are near 01985?

The closest are 01913 (3.6 mi), 01860 (3.6 mi), 01950 (3.8 mi), 01922 (3.9 mi) and 01834 (4.1 mi).

Is 01985 a PO Box ZIP code?

01985 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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