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04579

ZIP 04579 is Woolwich, Maine, in Sagadahoc County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sagadahoc
Population
3,158
Coordinates
43.9597, -69.7694
☼ Live from 04579 — Woolwich, ME

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Where 04579 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04579
  • 🔢 Type 04579 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLShO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,579 = 19 × 241. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1000111100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04578 (Wiscasset, ME, 4 mi away) and 04605 (Ellsworth, ME, 84 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04579 becomes 97540 — and that is a real ZIP code: Talent, OR, 2,633 miles away.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04957, 04975, 05479, 07495, 07945, 09745, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09754 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,274 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,501 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04579 and you would come out at 43.96°S, 110.23°E — 884 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 35.1 square miles of land, 04579 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,158This ZIP3,158
Households1,295This ZIP1,295
Housing units1,430This ZIP1,430
Median age55.8This ZIP55.8Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$102,175This ZIP$102,175Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$254,500This ZIP$254,500Maine$296,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher52.9%This ZIP52.9%
Mean commute29.4 minThis ZIP29.4 min
Population density90.1 / sq miThis ZIP90.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees469This ZIP469
Annual payroll$28,789,000This ZIP$28,789,000
Tax returns filed1,690This ZIP1,690
Total adjusted gross income$138,372,000This ZIP$138,372,000

Land area

Land area35.06 sq miThis ZIP35.06 sq mi
Water area6.54 sq miThis ZIP6.54 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04579

ZIPCityDistance
04578 Wiscasset, ME 4.1 mi
04530 Bath, ME 5.7 mi
04571 Trevett, ME 6.4 mi
04008 Bowdoinham, ME 7.5 mi
04556 Edgecomb, ME 8.0 mi
04537 Boothbay, ME 8.1 mi
04548 Georgetown, ME 8.8 mi
04342 Dresden, ME 8.9 mi
04575 West Boothbay Harbor, ME 9.1 mi
04086 Topsham, ME 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04579?

04579 is in Woolwich, Maine, in Sagadahoc County, part of the Portland-South Portland, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9597, -69.7694.

What county is 04579 in?

04579 lies in Sagadahoc County.

What area code is 04579?

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

What time zone is 04579 in?

04579 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04579?

About 3,158 people live in ZIP code 04579, in 1,295 households, at 90.1 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 04579?

$102,175 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04579?

The closest are 04578 (4.1 mi), 04530 (5.7 mi), 04571 (6.4 mi), 04008 (7.5 mi) and 04556 (8 mi).

Is 04579 a PO Box ZIP code?

04579 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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