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03442

ZIP 03442 is Bennington, New Hampshire, in Hillsborough County; area code 603; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hillsborough
Population
1,588
Coordinates
43.0203, -71.9037
☼ Live from 03442 — Bennington, NH

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Where 03442 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 03442
  • 🔢 Type 03442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhEO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 3,442 = 2 × 1721. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110101110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 03441 (Ashuelot, NH, 32 mi away) and 03443 (Chesterfield, NH, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 03442 becomes 24430 — and that is a real ZIP code: Craigsville, VA, 518 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02344, 03244, 04234, 04243, 04342, 20434, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34024 in APO AA, a military post office, 2,250 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,393 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 03442 and you would come out at 43.02°S, 108.10°E — 874 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 00m.
  • 📏 At 11.4 square miles of land, 03442 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,588This ZIP1,588
Households647This ZIP647
Housing units716This ZIP716
Median age42.1This ZIP42.1New Hampshire43.3US 38.9
Median household income$83,875This ZIP$83,875New Hampshire$99,031US $80,734
Median home value$267,300This ZIP$267,300New Hampshire$402,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,292This ZIP$1,292New Hampshire$1,491US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.6%This ZIP33.6%
Mean commute36.9 minThis ZIP36.9 min
Population density139.3 / sq miThis ZIP139.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees541This ZIP541
Annual payroll$22,393,000This ZIP$22,393,000
Tax returns filed760This ZIP760
Total adjusted gross income$53,632,000This ZIP$53,632,000

Land area

Land area11.40 sq miThis ZIP11.40 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

Other place names in 03442

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

ZIP codes near 03442

ZIPCityDistance
03043 Francestown, NH 4.8 mi
03440 Antrim, NH 4.8 mi
03449 Hancock, NH 5.5 mi
03047 Greenfield, NH 5.8 mi
03244 Hillsborough, NH 6.9 mi
03468 West Peterborough, NH 9.1 mi
03450 Harrisville, NH 9.7 mi
03458 Peterborough, NH 10.7 mi
03281 Weare, NH 10.9 mi
03242 Henniker, NH 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 03442?

03442 is in Bennington, New Hampshire, in Hillsborough County, part of the Manchester-Nashua, NH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0203, -71.9037.

What county is 03442 in?

03442 lies in Hillsborough County.

What area code is 03442?

Bennington uses area code 603, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 03442 in?

03442 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 03442?

About 1,588 people live in ZIP code 03442, in 647 households, at 139.3 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 03442?

$83,875 a year, against $99,031 across New Hampshire.

What ZIP codes are near 03442?

The closest are 03043 (4.8 mi), 03440 (4.8 mi), 03449 (5.5 mi), 03047 (5.8 mi) and 03244 (6.9 mi).

Is 03442 a PO Box ZIP code?

03442 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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