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04289

ZIP 04289 is West Paris, Maine, in Oxford County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Oxford
Metro area
none
Population
1,808
Coordinates
44.3193, -70.5226
☼ Live from 04289 — West Paris, ME

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Where 04289 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04289
  • 🔢 Type 04289 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBZhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 04289 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000011000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04288 (West Minot, ME, 13 mi away) and 04290 (Peru, ME, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04289 becomes 98240 — and that is a real ZIP code: Custer, WA, 2,443 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02894, 04928, 04982, 09248, 09824, 09842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09824 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,159 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,464 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04289 and you would come out at 44.32°S, 109.48°E — 921 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 24.7 square miles of land, 04289 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,808This ZIP1,808
Households674This ZIP674
Housing units881This ZIP881
Median age46.0This ZIP46.0Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$56,324This ZIP$56,324Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$193,000This ZIP$193,000Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$838This ZIP$838Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.1%This ZIP23.1%
Mean commute32.4 minThis ZIP32.4 min
Population density73.1 / sq miThis ZIP73.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees153This ZIP153
Annual payroll$6,949,000This ZIP$6,949,000
Tax returns filed850This ZIP850
Total adjusted gross income$47,446,000This ZIP$47,446,000

Land area

Land area24.74 sq miThis ZIP24.74 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04289

ZIPCityDistance
04271 Paris, ME 4.2 mi
04281 South Paris, ME 5.2 mi
04292 Sumner, ME 5.6 mi
04219 Bryant Pond, ME 5.9 mi
04255 Greenwood, ME 6.9 mi
04268 Norway, ME 7.8 mi
04220 Buckfield, ME 8.8 mi
04290 Peru, ME 10.4 mi
04238 Hebron, ME 11.2 mi
04088 Waterford, ME 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04289?

04289 is in West Paris, Maine, in Oxford County. Its published point location is 44.3193, -70.5226.

What county is 04289 in?

04289 lies in Oxford County.

What area code is 04289?

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

What time zone is 04289 in?

04289 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04289?

About 1,808 people live in ZIP code 04289, in 674 households, at 73.1 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 04289?

$56,324 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04289?

The closest are 04271 (4.2 mi), 04281 (5.2 mi), 04292 (5.6 mi), 04219 (5.9 mi) and 04255 (6.9 mi).

Is 04289 a PO Box ZIP code?

04289 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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