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Where 02205 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.
- 🔢 Type 02205 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOZZO — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 2,205 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 7. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
100010011101 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 02204 (Boston, MA, 7 mi away) and 02206 (Boston, MA, 7 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 02205 becomes 50220 — and that is a real ZIP code: Perry, IA, 1,180 miles away.
- 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02025, 02052, 20052, 20250, 20502, 20520, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50022 in Atlantic, IA, 1,230 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther north than 78% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
- 🎯1,437 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
- 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 02205 and you would come out at 42.35°S, 108.94°E — 812 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 17m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
- 📏 At 0.057 square miles of land, 02205 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 28 football fields.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 0 |
|---|---|
| Households | 0 |
| Housing units | 0 |
| Population density | 0.0 / sq mi |
Business and tax activity
| Business establishments | 20This ZIP20 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 186This ZIP186 |
| Annual payroll | $14,225,000This ZIP$14,225,000 |
Land area
| Land area | 0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq mi |
Other place names in 02205
Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.
ZIP codes near 02205
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
02111 | Boston, MA | 0.3 mi |
02110 | Boston, MA | 0.6 mi |
02117 | Boston, MA | 0.6 mi |
02108 | Boston, MA | 0.6 mi |
02112 | Boston, MA | 0.7 mi |
02196 | Boston, MA | 0.7 mi |
02201 | Boston, MA | 0.7 mi |
02211 | Boston, MA | 0.7 mi |
02212 | Boston, MA | 0.7 mi |
02241 | Boston, MA | 0.7 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 02205?
02205 is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.3494, -71.0556.
What county is 02205 in?
02205 lies in Suffolk County.
What area code is 02205?
Boston uses area codes 617 and 857, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 02205 in?
02205 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 02205?
About 0 people live in ZIP code 02205. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.
What ZIP codes are near 02205?
The closest are 02111 (0.3 mi), 02110 (0.6 mi), 02117 (0.6 mi), 02108 (0.6 mi) and 02112 (0.7 mi).
Is 02205 a PO Box ZIP code?
02205 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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