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04259

ZIP 04259 is Monmouth, Maine, in Kennebec County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Kennebec
Population
3,610
Coordinates
44.2335, -70.0147
☼ Live from 04259 — Monmouth, ME

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Where 04259 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04259
  • 🔢 Type 04259 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 04259 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04258 (Minot, ME, 17 mi away) and 04260 (New Gloucester, ME, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04259 becomes 95240 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lodi, CA, 2,649 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02459, 02495, 04925, 04952, 05492, 09245, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09245 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,723 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,489 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04259 and you would come out at 44.23°S, 109.99°E — 906 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 29.0 square miles of land, 04259 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,610This ZIP3,610
Households1,492This ZIP1,492
Housing units1,890This ZIP1,890
Median age46.0This ZIP46.0Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$83,919This ZIP$83,919Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$298,300This ZIP$298,300Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,249This ZIP$1,249Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.6%This ZIP34.6%
Mean commute28.7 minThis ZIP28.7 min
Population density124.5 / sq miThis ZIP124.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments63This ZIP63
Employees279This ZIP279
Annual payroll$16,179,000This ZIP$16,179,000
Tax returns filed1,620This ZIP1,620
Total adjusted gross income$129,510,000This ZIP$129,510,000

Land area

Land area29.01 sq miThis ZIP29.01 sq mi
Water area4.70 sq miThis ZIP4.70 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04259

ZIPCityDistance
04265 North Monmouth, ME 3.4 mi
04350 Litchfield, ME 5.8 mi
04364 Winthrop, ME 5.9 mi
04236 Greene, ME 7.1 mi
04263 Leeds, ME 7.2 mi
04284 Wayne, ME 7.5 mi
04280 Sabattus, ME 8.4 mi
04343 East Winthrop, ME 8.4 mi
04344 Farmingdale, ME 9.4 mi
04347 Hallowell, ME 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04259?

04259 is in Monmouth, Maine, in Kennebec County, part of the Augusta-Waterville, ME micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.2335, -70.0147.

What county is 04259 in?

04259 lies in Kennebec County.

What area code is 04259?

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

What time zone is 04259 in?

04259 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04259?

About 3,610 people live in ZIP code 04259, in 1,492 households, at 124.5 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 04259?

$83,919 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04259?

The closest are 04265 (3.4 mi), 04350 (5.8 mi), 04364 (5.9 mi), 04236 (7.1 mi) and 04263 (7.2 mi).

Is 04259 a PO Box ZIP code?

04259 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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