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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05036

05036

ZIP 05036 is Brookfield, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
1,169
Coordinates
44.0239, -72.5879
☼ Live from 05036 — Brookfield, VT

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Where 05036 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05036
  • 🔢 Type 05036 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,036 = 2 × 2 × 1259. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05035 (Bridgewater Corners, VT, 29 mi away) and 05037 (Brownsville, VT, 39 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05036 becomes 63050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Hillsboro, MO, 1,015 miles away.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00653, 03605, 05360, 05603, 06035, 06053, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00653 in Guanica, PR, 1,829 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,361 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05036 and you would come out at 44.02°S, 107.41°E — 951 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 30.8 square miles of land, 05036 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,169This ZIP1,169
Households507This ZIP507
Housing units596This ZIP596
Median age50.8This ZIP50.8Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$109,612This ZIP$109,612Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$343,100This ZIP$343,100Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher46.1%This ZIP46.1%
Mean commute38.9 minThis ZIP38.9 min
Population density38.0 / sq miThis ZIP38.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees316This ZIP316
Annual payroll$24,673,000This ZIP$24,673,000
Tax returns filed490This ZIP490
Total adjusted gross income$36,633,000This ZIP$36,633,000

Land area

Land area30.78 sq miThis ZIP30.78 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05036

ZIPCityDistance
05041 East Randolph, VT 5.3 mi
05679 Williamstown, VT 6.5 mi
05061 Randolph Center, VT 6.6 mi
05038 Chelsea, VT 6.9 mi
05060 Randolph, VT 7.2 mi
05669 Roxbury, VT 8.6 mi
05675 Washington, VT 9.0 mi
05074 Thetford, VT 9.0 mi
05654 Graniteville, VT 9.4 mi
05663 Northfield, VT 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05036?

05036 is in Brookfield, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.0239, -72.5879.

What county is 05036 in?

05036 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05036?

Brookfield uses area code 802, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 05036 in?

05036 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05036?

About 1,169 people live in ZIP code 05036, in 507 households, at 38.0 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 05036?

$109,612 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05036?

The closest are 05041 (5.3 mi), 05679 (6.5 mi), 05061 (6.6 mi), 05038 (6.9 mi) and 05060 (7.2 mi).

Is 05036 a PO Box ZIP code?

05036 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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