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04074

ZIP 04074 is in Scarborough, Maine, in Cumberland County; area code 207; Eastern time. Scarborough has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 04070.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Population
23,076
Coordinates
43.5896, -70.3662
☼ Live from 04074 — Scarborough, ME

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Where 04074 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 04074
  • 🔢 Type 04074 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLOhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,074 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 97. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04073 (Sanford, ME, 22 mi away) and 04076 (Shapleigh, ME, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04074 becomes 47040 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rising Sun, IN, 820 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00744, 04047, 04740, 07044, 07440, 40047, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00744 in Rio Blanco, PR, 1,773 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,471 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04074 and you would come out at 43.59°S, 109.63°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 47.6 square miles of land, 04074 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,076This ZIP23,076
Households9,881This ZIP9,881
Housing units11,006This ZIP11,006
Median age48.5This ZIP48.5Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$135,018This ZIP$135,018Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$556,800This ZIP$556,800Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,956This ZIP$1,956Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.9%This ZIP57.9%
Mean commute19.4 minThis ZIP19.4 min
Population density484.4 / sq miThis ZIP484.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments929This ZIP929
Employees14,724This ZIP14,724
Annual payroll$967,835,000This ZIP$967,835,000
Tax returns filed12,000This ZIP12,000
Total adjusted gross income$1,547,854,000This ZIP$1,547,854,000

Land area

Land area47.64 sq miThis ZIP47.64 sq mi
Water area4.87 sq miThis ZIP4.87 sq mi

Other place names in 04074

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ZIP codes near 04074

ZIPCityDistance
04064 Old Orchard Beach, ME 4.6 mi
04070 Scarborough, ME 4.7 mi
04106 South Portland, ME 4.9 mi
04102 Portland, ME 5.6 mi
04072 Saco, ME 5.7 mi
04098 Westbrook, ME 6.0 mi
04063 Ocean Park, ME 6.3 mi
04107 Cape Elizabeth, ME 6.5 mi
04116 South Portland, ME 7.2 mi
04101 Portland, ME 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04074?

04074 is in Scarborough, Maine, in Cumberland County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.5896, -70.3662.

What county is 04074 in?

04074 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 04074?

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

What time zone is 04074 in?

04074 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04074?

About 23,076 people live in ZIP code 04074, in 9,881 households, at 484.4 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 04074?

$135,018 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04074?

The closest are 04064 (4.6 mi), 04070 (4.7 mi), 04106 (4.9 mi), 04102 (5.6 mi) and 04072 (5.7 mi).

Is 04074 a PO Box ZIP code?

04074 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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