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04260

ZIP 04260 is New Gloucester, Maine, in Cumberland County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cumberland
Population
5,766
Coordinates
43.9575, -70.2960
☼ Live from 04260 — New Gloucester, ME

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Where 04260 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04260
  • 🔢 Type 04260 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,260 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 71. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000010100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04259 (Monmouth, ME, 24 mi away) and 04261 (Newry, ME, 53 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04260 becomes 06240, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00624, 02460, 04062, 06024, 06042, 06420, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00624 in Penuelas, PR, 1,802 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,475 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04260 and you would come out at 43.96°S, 109.70°E — 894 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 47.1 square miles of land, 04260 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,766This ZIP5,766
Households2,087This ZIP2,087
Housing units2,256This ZIP2,256
Median age40.1This ZIP40.1Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$108,797This ZIP$108,797Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$357,100This ZIP$357,100Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,150This ZIP$1,150Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.7%This ZIP30.7%
Mean commute26.8 minThis ZIP26.8 min
Population density122.4 / sq miThis ZIP122.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments160This ZIP160
Employees1,085This ZIP1,085
Annual payroll$65,638,000This ZIP$65,638,000
Tax returns filed3,080This ZIP3,080
Total adjusted gross income$259,267,000This ZIP$259,267,000

Land area

Land area47.12 sq miThis ZIP47.12 sq mi
Water area0.68 sq miThis ZIP0.68 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04260

ZIPCityDistance
04223 Danville, ME 4.6 mi
04039 Gray, ME 5.1 mi
04069 Pownal, ME 6.8 mi
04230 East Poland, ME 7.4 mi
04274 Poland, ME 7.9 mi
04222 Durham, ME 8.1 mi
04097 North Yarmouth, ME 8.2 mi
04210 Auburn, ME 9.1 mi
04291 West Poland, ME 9.7 mi
04250 Lisbon, ME 9.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04260?

04260 is in New Gloucester, Maine, in Cumberland County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9575, -70.2960.

What county is 04260 in?

04260 lies in Cumberland County.

What area code is 04260?

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

What time zone is 04260 in?

04260 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04260?

About 5,766 people live in ZIP code 04260, in 2,087 households, at 122.4 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 04260?

$108,797 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04260?

The closest are 04223 (4.6 mi), 04039 (5.1 mi), 04069 (6.8 mi), 04230 (7.4 mi) and 04274 (7.9 mi).

Is 04260 a PO Box ZIP code?

04260 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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