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04220

ZIP 04220 is Buckfield, Maine, in Oxford County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Oxford
Metro area
none
Population
3,717
Coordinates
44.3426, -70.3474
☼ Live from 04220 — Buckfield, ME

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Where 04220 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04220
  • 🔢 Type 04220 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,220 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 211. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000001111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04219 (Bryant Pond, ME, 11 mi away) and 04221 (Canton, ME, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04220 becomes 02240, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02204, 02420, 04022, 20024, 20042, 20204, …). The farthest-flung twin is 42002 in Paducah, KY, 1,081 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,473 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04220 and you would come out at 44.34°S, 109.65°E — 919 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 83.3 square miles of land, 04220 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 63 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,717This ZIP3,717
Households1,307This ZIP1,307
Housing units1,713This ZIP1,713
Median age39.6This ZIP39.6Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$79,750This ZIP$79,750Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$222,000This ZIP$222,000Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$527This ZIP$527Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%This ZIP23.3%
Mean commute34.9 minThis ZIP34.9 min
Population density44.6 / sq miThis ZIP44.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees197This ZIP197
Annual payroll$8,895,000This ZIP$8,895,000
Tax returns filed1,520This ZIP1,520
Total adjusted gross income$95,434,000This ZIP$95,434,000

Land area

Land area83.27 sq miThis ZIP83.27 sq mi
Water area1.45 sq miThis ZIP1.45 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04220

ZIPCityDistance
04266 North Turner, ME 4.7 mi
04292 Sumner, ME 5.7 mi
04282 Turner, ME 7.2 mi
04253 Livermore, ME 8.0 mi
04289 West Paris, ME 8.8 mi
04271 Paris, ME 9.4 mi
04281 South Paris, ME 9.6 mi
04290 Peru, ME 9.7 mi
04221 Canton, ME 10.6 mi
04238 Hebron, ME 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04220?

04220 is in Buckfield, Maine, in Oxford County. Its published point location is 44.3426, -70.3474.

What county is 04220 in?

04220 lies in Oxford County.

What area code is 04220?

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

What time zone is 04220 in?

04220 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04220?

About 3,717 people live in ZIP code 04220, in 1,307 households, at 44.6 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 04220?

$79,750 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04220?

The closest are 04266 (4.7 mi), 04292 (5.7 mi), 04282 (7.2 mi), 04253 (8 mi) and 04289 (8.8 mi).

Is 04220 a PO Box ZIP code?

04220 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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