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04474

ZIP 04474 is Orrington, Maine, in Penobscot County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Penobscot
Metro area
Bangor, ME
Population
3,853
Coordinates
44.6888, -68.7628
☼ Live from 04474 — Orrington, ME

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Where 04474 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04474
  • 🔢 Type 04474 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLhhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,474 = 2 × 2237. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000101111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04473 (Orono, ME, 13 mi away) and 04475 (Passadumkeag, ME, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04474 becomes 47440, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04744, 07444, 40447, 40744, 44047, 44074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 74044 in Mannford, OK, 1,561 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯1,552 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04474 and you would come out at 44.69°S, 111.24°E — 915 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 48m.
  • 📏 At 25.0 square miles of land, 04474 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,853This ZIP3,853
Households1,639This ZIP1,639
Housing units1,754This ZIP1,754
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$94,556This ZIP$94,556Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$309,000This ZIP$309,000Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,167This ZIP$1,167Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher44.3%This ZIP44.3%
Mean commute21.4 minThis ZIP21.4 min
Population density154.2 / sq miThis ZIP154.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments71This ZIP71
Employees348This ZIP348
Annual payroll$16,294,000This ZIP$16,294,000
Tax returns filed2,120This ZIP2,120
Total adjusted gross income$148,073,000This ZIP$148,073,000

Land area

Land area24.99 sq miThis ZIP24.99 sq mi
Water area2.34 sq miThis ZIP2.34 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04474

ZIPCityDistance
04416 Bucksport, ME 4.5 mi
04412 Brewer, ME 6.8 mi
04429 Holden, ME 7.5 mi
04496 Winterport, ME 7.6 mi
04402 Bangor, ME 7.8 mi
04472 Orland, ME 9.0 mi
04444 Hampden, ME 9.6 mi
04431 East Orland, ME 9.8 mi
04438 Frankfort, ME 10.2 mi
04401 Bangor, ME 11.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04474?

04474 is in Orrington, Maine, in Penobscot County, part of the Bangor, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.6888, -68.7628.

What county is 04474 in?

04474 lies in Penobscot County.

What area code is 04474?

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

What time zone is 04474 in?

04474 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04474?

About 3,853 people live in ZIP code 04474, in 1,639 households, at 154.2 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 04474?

$94,556 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04474?

The closest are 04416 (4.5 mi), 04412 (6.8 mi), 04429 (7.5 mi), 04496 (7.6 mi) and 04402 (7.8 mi).

Is 04474 a PO Box ZIP code?

04474 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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