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04859

ZIP 04859 is Spruce Head, Maine, in Knox County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox
Metro area
none
Population
753
Coordinates
43.9966, -69.1595
☼ Live from 04859 — Spruce Head, ME

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Where 04859 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04859
  • 🔢 Type 04859 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSBhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,859 = 43 × 113. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04858 (South Thomaston, ME, 3 mi away) and 04860 (Tenants Harbor, ME, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04859 becomes 95840 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sacramento, CA, 2,697 miles away.
  • 👥 46 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04958, 04985, 05489, 05849, 09845, 40598, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09845 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,584 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,531 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04859 and you would come out at 44.00°S, 110.84°E — 876 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 4.4 square miles of land, 04859 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population753This ZIP753
Households349This ZIP349
Housing units457This ZIP457
Median age58.2This ZIP58.2Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$75,341This ZIP$75,341Maine$74,733US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher30.2%This ZIP30.2%
Mean commute26.7 minThis ZIP26.7 min
Population density169.5 / sq miThis ZIP169.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees93This ZIP93
Annual payroll$4,643,000This ZIP$4,643,000
Tax returns filed400This ZIP400
Total adjusted gross income$38,125,000This ZIP$38,125,000

Land area

Land area4.44 sq miThis ZIP4.44 sq mi
Water area3.11 sq miThis ZIP3.11 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04859

ZIPCityDistance
04858 South Thomaston, ME 3.5 mi
04854 Owls Head, ME 4.8 mi
04563 Cushing, ME 5.1 mi
04860 Tenants Harbor, ME 5.5 mi
04861 Thomaston, ME 7.7 mi
04855 Port Clyde, ME 7.8 mi
04547 Friendship, ME 8.7 mi
04841 Rockland, ME 9.6 mi
04864 Warren, ME 10.0 mi
04856 Rockport, ME 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04859?

04859 is in Spruce Head, Maine, in Knox County. Its published point location is 43.9966, -69.1595.

What county is 04859 in?

04859 lies in Knox County.

What area code is 04859?

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

What time zone is 04859 in?

04859 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04859?

About 753 people live in ZIP code 04859, in 349 households, at 169.5 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 04859?

$75,341 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04859?

The closest are 04858 (3.5 mi), 04854 (4.8 mi), 04563 (5.1 mi), 04860 (5.5 mi) and 04861 (7.7 mi).

Is 04859 a PO Box ZIP code?

04859 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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