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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/04090

04090

ZIP 04090 is Wells, Maine, in York County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
York
Population
11,713
Coordinates
43.3314, -70.6456
☼ Live from 04090 — Wells, ME

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Where 04090 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04090
  • 🔢 Type 04090 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OGOhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,090 = 2 × 5 × 409. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 111111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04088 (Waterford, ME, 60 mi away) and 04091 (West Baldwin, ME, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04090 becomes 09040, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00940, 04009, 40009, 90004, 90040). The farthest-flung twin is 90004 in Los Angeles, CA, 2,611 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,457 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04090 and you would come out at 43.33°S, 109.35°E — 862 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
  • 📏 At 57.7 square miles of land, 04090 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 44 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,713This ZIP11,713
Households5,067This ZIP5,067
Housing units9,644This ZIP9,644
Median age53.6This ZIP53.6Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$88,024This ZIP$88,024Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$485,300This ZIP$485,300Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,350This ZIP$1,350Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher43.3%This ZIP43.3%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density203.2 / sq miThis ZIP203.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments372This ZIP372
Employees2,927This ZIP2,927
Annual payroll$140,096,000This ZIP$140,096,000
Tax returns filed6,540This ZIP6,540
Total adjusted gross income$602,666,000This ZIP$602,666,000

Land area

Land area57.66 sq miThis ZIP57.66 sq mi
Water area1.10 sq miThis ZIP1.10 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04090

ZIPCityDistance
04014 Cape Porpoise, ME 3.1 mi
04054 Moody, ME 4.5 mi
03907 Ogunquit, ME 5.5 mi
04043 Kennebunk, ME 5.8 mi
04094 West Kennebunk, ME 6.3 mi
03906 North Berwick, ME 6.9 mi
04073 Sanford, ME 7.2 mi
03902 Cape Neddick, ME 8.1 mi
03908 South Berwick, ME 8.8 mi
03901 Berwick, ME 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04090?

04090 is in Wells, Maine, in York County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.3314, -70.6456.

What county is 04090 in?

04090 lies in York County.

What area code is 04090?

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

What time zone is 04090 in?

04090 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04090?

About 11,713 people live in ZIP code 04090, in 5,067 households, at 203.2 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 04090?

$88,024 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04090?

The closest are 04014 (3.1 mi), 04054 (4.5 mi), 03907 (5.5 mi), 04043 (5.8 mi) and 04094 (6.3 mi).

Is 04090 a PO Box ZIP code?

04090 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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