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04617

ZIP 04617 is Brooksville, Maine, in Hancock County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hancock
Metro area
none
Population
651
Coordinates
44.3650, -68.7271
☼ Live from 04617 — Brooksville, ME

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Where 04617 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04617
  • 🔢 Type 04617 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIghO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,617 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 19. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001000001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04616 (Brooklin, ME, 11 mi away) and 04619 (Calais, ME, 92 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04617 becomes 71640 — and that is a real ZIP code: Eudora, AR, 1,434 miles away.
  • 👥 72 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01467, 01746, 04671, 04761, 06147, 06417, …). The farthest-flung twin is 76401 in Stephenville, TX, 1,790 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 98%.
  • 🎯1,553 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04617 and you would come out at 44.37°S, 111.27°E — 893 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
  • 📏 At 22.3 square miles of land, 04617 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population651This ZIP651
Households323This ZIP323
Housing units645This ZIP645
Median age57.0This ZIP57.0Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$52,078This ZIP$52,078Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$392,900This ZIP$392,900Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,294This ZIP$1,294Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher53.4%This ZIP53.4%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density29.2 / sq miThis ZIP29.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees111This ZIP111
Annual payroll$5,582,000This ZIP$5,582,000
Tax returns filed410This ZIP410
Total adjusted gross income$31,253,000This ZIP$31,253,000

Land area

Land area22.27 sq miThis ZIP22.27 sq mi
Water area8.09 sq miThis ZIP8.09 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04617

ZIPCityDistance
04642 Harborside, ME 4.7 mi
04676 Sedgwick, ME 4.7 mi
04650 Little Deer Isle, ME 4.8 mi
04420 Castine, ME 4.8 mi
04421 Castine, ME 5.3 mi
04673 Sargentville, ME 5.6 mi
04476 Penobscot, ME 8.2 mi
04627 Deer Isle, ME 9.8 mi
04683 Sunset, ME 10.1 mi
04848 Islesboro, ME 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04617?

04617 is in Brooksville, Maine, in Hancock County. Its published point location is 44.3650, -68.7271.

What county is 04617 in?

04617 lies in Hancock County.

What area code is 04617?

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

What time zone is 04617 in?

04617 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04617?

About 651 people live in ZIP code 04617, in 323 households, at 29.2 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 04617?

$52,078 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04617?

The closest are 04642 (4.7 mi), 04676 (4.7 mi), 04650 (4.8 mi), 04420 (4.8 mi) and 04421 (5.3 mi).

Is 04617 a PO Box ZIP code?

04617 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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