Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/04072

04072

ZIP 04072 is Saco, Maine, in York County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
York
Population
20,819
Coordinates
43.5504, -70.4663
☼ Live from 04072 — Saco, ME

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 04072 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 04072
  • 🔢 Type 04072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 509. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04071 (Raymond, ME, 24 mi away) and 04073 (Sanford, ME, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04072 becomes 27040 — and that is a real ZIP code: Pfafftown, NC, 732 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00742, 02047, 02740, 04027, 04270, 07024, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00742 in Roosevelt Roads, PR, 1,772 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,466 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04072 and you would come out at 43.55°S, 109.53°E — 872 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 26m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 56m.
  • 📏 At 38.6 square miles of land, 04072 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 04072 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population20,819This ZIP20,819
Households8,998This ZIP8,998
Housing units9,869This ZIP9,869
Median age44.9This ZIP44.9Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$92,241This ZIP$92,241Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$413,100This ZIP$413,100Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,249This ZIP$1,249Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.5%This ZIP43.5%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density539.6 / sq miThis ZIP539.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments675This ZIP675
Employees7,995This ZIP7,995
Annual payroll$463,509,000This ZIP$463,509,000
Tax returns filed11,500This ZIP11,500
Total adjusted gross income$937,365,000This ZIP$937,365,000

Land area

Land area38.59 sq miThis ZIP38.59 sq mi
Water area2.87 sq miThis ZIP2.87 sq mi

Other place names in 04072

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

ZIP codes near 04072

ZIPCityDistance
04005 Biddeford, ME 4.2 mi
04064 Old Orchard Beach, ME 4.3 mi
04063 Ocean Park, ME 5.0 mi
04074 Scarborough, ME 5.7 mi
04004 Bar Mills, ME 6.0 mi
04007 Biddeford, ME 6.7 mi
04093 Buxton, ME 7.0 mi
04046 Kennebunkport, ME 8.3 mi
04042 Hollis Center, ME 9.3 mi
04006 Biddeford Pool, ME 9.6 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 04072 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04072?

04072 is in Saco, Maine, in York County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.5504, -70.4663.

What county is 04072 in?

04072 lies in York County.

What area code is 04072?

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

What time zone is 04072 in?

04072 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04072?

About 20,819 people live in ZIP code 04072, in 8,998 households, at 539.6 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 04072?

$92,241 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04072?

The closest are 04005 (4.2 mi), 04064 (4.3 mi), 04063 (5 mi), 04074 (5.7 mi) and 04004 (6 mi).

Is 04072 a PO Box ZIP code?

04072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “04072 ZIP Code — Saco, Maine (York County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/04072

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/04072.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.