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04357

ZIP 04357 is Richmond, Maine, in Sagadahoc County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sagadahoc
Population
3,566
Coordinates
44.1168, -69.8296
☼ Live from 04357 — Richmond, ME

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Where 04357 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04357
  • 🔢 Type 04357 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSEhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 04357 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000100000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04355 (Readfield, ME, 19 mi away) and 04358 (South China, ME, 25 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04357 becomes 75340, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03457, 03574, 03745, 03754, 04537, 04573, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73540 in Faxon, OK, 1,664 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,498 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04357 and you would come out at 44.12°S, 110.17°E — 895 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 30.4 square miles of land, 04357 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,566This ZIP3,566
Households1,599This ZIP1,599
Housing units1,782This ZIP1,782
Median age36.9This ZIP36.9Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$65,854This ZIP$65,854Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$242,700This ZIP$242,700Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,077This ZIP$1,077Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.8%This ZIP35.8%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density117.2 / sq miThis ZIP117.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments78This ZIP78
Employees533This ZIP533
Annual payroll$24,883,000This ZIP$24,883,000
Tax returns filed1,860This ZIP1,860
Total adjusted gross income$123,096,000This ZIP$123,096,000

Land area

Land area30.43 sq miThis ZIP30.43 sq mi
Water area1.13 sq miThis ZIP1.13 sq mi

Other place names in 04357

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ZIP codes near 04357

ZIPCityDistance
04342 Dresden, ME 5.1 mi
04008 Bowdoinham, ME 5.3 mi
04359 South Gardiner, ME 5.5 mi
04345 Gardiner, ME 5.7 mi
04350 Litchfield, ME 6.5 mi
04287 Bowdoin, ME 7.6 mi
04346 Randolph, ME 9.2 mi
04344 Farmingdale, ME 9.9 mi
04535 Alna, ME 10.0 mi
04579 Woolwich, ME 11.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04357?

04357 is in Richmond, Maine, in Sagadahoc County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1168, -69.8296.

What county is 04357 in?

04357 lies in Sagadahoc County.

What area code is 04357?

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

What time zone is 04357 in?

04357 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04357?

About 3,566 people live in ZIP code 04357, in 1,599 households, at 117.2 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 04357?

$65,854 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04357?

The closest are 04342 (5.1 mi), 04008 (5.3 mi), 04359 (5.5 mi), 04345 (5.7 mi) and 04350 (6.5 mi).

Is 04357 a PO Box ZIP code?

04357 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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