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04969

ZIP 04969 is Plymouth, Maine, in Penobscot County; area code 207; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Penobscot
Metro area
Bangor, ME
Population
1,319
Coordinates
44.7853, -69.2363
☼ Live from 04969 — Plymouth, ME

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Where 04969 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 04969
  • 🔢 Type 04969 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgGhO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 04969 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 04967 (Pittsfield, ME, 10 mi away) and 04970 (Rangeley, ME, 69 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 04969 becomes 96940 — and that is a real ZIP code: Palau, PW, 8,555 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (09469, 09694, 46990, 49096, 49690, 49960, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96940 in Palau, PW, 8,555 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 97%.
  • 🎯1,529 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 04969 and you would come out at 44.79°S, 110.76°E — 928 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 35m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 04969 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,319This ZIP1,319
Households527This ZIP527
Housing units605This ZIP605
Median age39.5This ZIP39.5Maine44.8US 38.9
Median household income$61,964This ZIP$61,964Maine$74,733US $80,734
Median home value$207,100This ZIP$207,100Maine$296,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher16.8%This ZIP16.8%
Mean commute27.5 minThis ZIP27.5 min
Population density44.4 / sq miThis ZIP44.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees92This ZIP92
Annual payroll$3,771,000This ZIP$3,771,000
Tax returns filed650This ZIP650
Total adjusted gross income$34,228,000This ZIP$34,228,000

Land area

Land area29.73 sq miThis ZIP29.73 sq mi
Water area1.32 sq miThis ZIP1.32 sq mi

ZIP codes near 04969

ZIPCityDistance
04933 East Newport, ME 2.6 mi
04929 Detroit, ME 3.3 mi
04434 Etna, ME 5.5 mi
04953 Newport, ME 5.7 mi
04932 Dixmont, ME 7.6 mi
04965 Palmyra, ME 7.6 mi
04987 Troy, ME 7.7 mi
04488 Stetson, ME 8.5 mi
04967 Pittsfield, ME 9.7 mi
04922 Burnham, ME 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 04969?

04969 is in Plymouth, Maine, in Penobscot County, part of the Bangor, ME metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.7853, -69.2363.

What county is 04969 in?

04969 lies in Penobscot County.

What area code is 04969?

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

What time zone is 04969 in?

04969 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 04969?

About 1,319 people live in ZIP code 04969, in 527 households, at 44.4 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 04969?

$61,964 a year, against $74,733 across Maine.

What ZIP codes are near 04969?

The closest are 04933 (2.6 mi), 04929 (3.3 mi), 04434 (5.5 mi), 04953 (5.7 mi) and 04932 (7.6 mi).

Is 04969 a PO Box ZIP code?

04969 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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