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04040

ZIP 04040 is Harrison, Maine, mostly in Cumberland County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland +1 more
Population
3,050
Coordinates
44.1429, -70.8249
☼ Live from 04040 — Harrison, ME

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Where 04040 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04040
  • 🔢 Type 04040 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhOhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆04040 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,040 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 101. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04039 (Gray, ME, 28 mi away) and 04041 (Hiram, ME, 20 mi away).
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04004, 40004, 40040). The farthest-flung twin is 40004 in Bardstown, KY, 879 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 96%.
  • 🎯1,449 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04040 and you would come out at 44.14°S, 109.18°E — 917 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 62.0 square miles of land, 04040 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 47 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,050This ZIP3,050
Households1,474This ZIP1,474
Housing units2,113This ZIP2,113
Median age55.2This ZIP55.2Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$57,218This ZIP$57,218Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$256,300This ZIP$256,300Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$890This ZIP$890Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher31.4%This ZIP31.4%
Mean commute30.6 minThis ZIP30.6 min
Population density49.2 / sq miThis ZIP49.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments67This ZIP67
Employees251This ZIP251
Annual payroll$12,408,000This ZIP$12,408,000
Tax returns filed1,630This ZIP1,630
Total adjusted gross income$120,464,000This ZIP$120,464,000

Land area

Land area62.02 sq miThis ZIP62.02 sq mi
Water area4.53 sq miThis ZIP4.53 sq mi

Counties 04040 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Cumberland County 53.5%
Oxford County 46.5%

ZIP codes near 04040

ZIPCityDistance
04016 Center Lovell, ME 4.2 mi
04051 Lovell, ME 4.6 mi
04267 North Waterford, ME 6.3 mi
04037 Fryeburg, ME 6.5 mi
04088 Waterford, ME 6.6 mi
04057 North Bridgton, ME 6.9 mi
04009 Bridgton, ME 7.7 mi
04231 Stoneham, ME 8.7 mi
04022 Denmark, ME 10.2 mi
03813 Center Conway, NH 11.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04040?

04040 is in Harrison, Maine, in Cumberland County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1429, -70.8249.

What county is 04040 in?

04040 spans 2 counties: Cumberland County and Oxford County. Most of it falls in Cumberland County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 04040?

Harrison uses area code 207, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 04040 in?

04040 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04040?

About 3,050 people live in ZIP code 04040, in 1,474 households, at 49.2 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 04040?

$57,218 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04040?

The closest are 04016 (4.2 mi), 04051 (4.6 mi), 04267 (6.3 mi), 04037 (6.5 mi) and 04088 (6.6 mi).

Is 04040 a PO Box ZIP code?

04040 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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