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04953

ZIP 04953 is Newport, Maine, in Penobscot County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Penobscot
Metro area
Bangor, ME
Population
3,143
Coordinates
44.8672, -69.2188
☼ Live from 04953 — Newport, ME

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Where 04953 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04953
  • 🔢 Type 04953 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESGhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 4,953 = 3 × 13 × 127. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04952 (Morrill, ME, 32 mi away) and 04954 (New Portland, ME, 43 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04953 becomes 35940, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04359, 04539, 04935, 05439, 09354, 30459, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09354 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,382 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,530 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04953 and you would come out at 44.87°S, 110.78°E — 933 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 29.5 square miles of land, 04953 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,143This ZIP3,143
Households1,495This ZIP1,495
Housing units1,758This ZIP1,758
Median age50.3This ZIP50.3Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$60,365This ZIP$60,365Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$234,800This ZIP$234,800Maine$296,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$893This ZIP$893Maine$1,139US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.9%This ZIP24.9%
Mean commute24.6 minThis ZIP24.6 min
Population density106.5 / sq miThis ZIP106.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments133This ZIP133
Employees1,256This ZIP1,256
Annual payroll$53,351,000This ZIP$53,351,000
Tax returns filed1,600This ZIP1,600
Total adjusted gross income$96,869,000This ZIP$96,869,000

Land area

Land area29.51 sq miThis ZIP29.51 sq mi
Water area7.46 sq miThis ZIP7.46 sq mi

Other place names in 04953

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 04953

ZIPCityDistance
04933 East Newport, ME 3.2 mi
04488 Stetson, ME 5.1 mi
04969 Plymouth, ME 5.7 mi
04928 Corinna, ME 5.8 mi
04965 Palmyra, ME 7.5 mi
04929 Detroit, ME 7.7 mi
04435 Exeter, ME 8.1 mi
04434 Etna, ME 8.4 mi
04971 Saint Albans, ME 10.0 mi
04456 Levant, ME 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04953?

04953 is in Newport, Maine, in Penobscot County, part of the Bangor, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8672, -69.2188.

What county is 04953 in?

04953 lies in Penobscot County.

What area code is 04953?

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

What time zone is 04953 in?

04953 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04953?

About 3,143 people live in ZIP code 04953, in 1,495 households, at 106.5 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 04953?

$60,365 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04953?

The closest are 04933 (3.2 mi), 04488 (5.1 mi), 04969 (5.7 mi), 04928 (5.8 mi) and 04965 (7.5 mi).

Is 04953 a PO Box ZIP code?

04953 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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