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04860

ZIP 04860 is Tenants Harbor, Maine, in Knox County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox
Metro area
none
Population
1,543
Coordinates
43.9443, -69.2432
☼ Live from 04860 — Tenants Harbor, ME

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Where 04860 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04860
  • 🔢 Type 04860 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgBhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,860 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04859 (Spruce Head, ME, 6 mi away) and 04861 (Thomaston, ME, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04860 becomes 06840 — and that is a real ZIP code: New Canaan, CT, 290 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04068, 04086, 04680, 06084, 06408, 06480, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86004 in Flagstaff, AZ, 2,291 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,527 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04860 and you would come out at 43.94°S, 110.76°E — 874 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 19.4 square miles of land, 04860 is bigger than 37% of ZIP codes — room for about 15 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,543This ZIP1,543
Households816This ZIP816
Housing units1,552This ZIP1,552
Median age53.1This ZIP53.1Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$86,833This ZIP$86,833Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$271,400This ZIP$271,400Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,603This ZIP$1,603Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher44.4%This ZIP44.4%
Mean commute23.8 minThis ZIP23.8 min
Population density79.4 / sq miThis ZIP79.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments51This ZIP51
Employees165This ZIP165
Annual payroll$7,973,000This ZIP$7,973,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$72,303,000This ZIP$72,303,000

Land area

Land area19.43 sq miThis ZIP19.43 sq mi
Water area18.32 sq miThis ZIP18.32 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04860

ZIPCityDistance
04855 Port Clyde, ME 2.4 mi
04563 Cushing, ME 4.9 mi
04547 Friendship, ME 5.0 mi
04859 Spruce Head, ME 5.5 mi
04858 South Thomaston, ME 8.3 mi
04551 Bremen, ME 10.0 mi
04854 Owls Head, ME 10.3 mi
04564 Round Pond, ME 11.3 mi
04861 Thomaston, ME 11.8 mi
04541 Chamberlain, ME 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04860?

04860 is in Tenants Harbor, Maine, in Knox County. Its published point location is 43.9443, -69.2432.

What county is 04860 in?

04860 lies in Knox County.

What area code is 04860?

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

What time zone is 04860 in?

04860 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04860?

About 1,543 people live in ZIP code 04860, in 816 households, at 79.4 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 04860?

$86,833 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04860?

The closest are 04855 (2.4 mi), 04563 (4.9 mi), 04547 (5 mi), 04859 (5.5 mi) and 04858 (8.3 mi).

Is 04860 a PO Box ZIP code?

04860 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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