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04250

ZIP 04250 is Lisbon, Maine, in Androscoggin County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Androscoggin
Metro area
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
Population
4,782
Coordinates
44.0222, -70.1174
☼ Live from 04250 — Lisbon, ME

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Where 04250 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04250
  • 🔢 Type 04250 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,250 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 17. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04243 (Lewiston, ME, 14 mi away) and 04252 (Lisbon Falls, ME, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04250 becomes 05240, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02045, 02054, 02540, 05042, 05402, 20045, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50042 in Brayton, IA, 1,264 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,484 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04250 and you would come out at 44.02°S, 109.88°E — 895 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 11.7 square miles of land, 04250 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,782This ZIP4,782
Households1,850This ZIP1,850
Housing units1,922This ZIP1,922
Median age37.6This ZIP37.6Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$84,028This ZIP$84,028Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$257,700This ZIP$257,700Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,010This ZIP$1,010Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.3%This ZIP24.3%
Mean commute28.2 minThis ZIP28.2 min
Population density407.9 / sq miThis ZIP407.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments73This ZIP73
Employees821This ZIP821
Annual payroll$40,312,000This ZIP$40,312,000
Tax returns filed2,330This ZIP2,330
Total adjusted gross income$138,873,000This ZIP$138,873,000

Land area

Land area11.72 sq miThis ZIP11.72 sq mi
Water area0.78 sq miThis ZIP0.78 sq mi

Other place names in 04250

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ZIP codes near 04250

ZIPCityDistance
04252 Lisbon Falls, ME 3.1 mi
04222 Durham, ME 4.6 mi
04240 Lewiston, ME 5.4 mi
04280 Sabattus, ME 7.1 mi
04210 Auburn, ME 7.9 mi
04287 Bowdoin, ME 8.1 mi
04223 Danville, ME 8.4 mi
04069 Pownal, ME 8.8 mi
04086 Topsham, ME 9.0 mi
04260 New Gloucester, ME 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04250?

04250 is in Lisbon, Maine, in Androscoggin County, part of the Lewiston-Auburn, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.0222, -70.1174.

What county is 04250 in?

04250 lies in Androscoggin County.

What area code is 04250?

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

What time zone is 04250 in?

04250 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04250?

About 4,782 people live in ZIP code 04250, in 1,850 households, at 407.9 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 04250?

$84,028 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04250?

The closest are 04252 (3.1 mi), 04222 (4.6 mi), 04240 (5.4 mi), 04280 (7.1 mi) and 04210 (7.9 mi).

Is 04250 a PO Box ZIP code?

04250 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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