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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05038

05038

ZIP 05038 is Chelsea, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
1,371
Coordinates
43.9912, -72.4573
☼ Live from 05038 — Chelsea, VT

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Where 05038 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05038
  • 🔢 Type 05038 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,038 = 2 × 11 × 229. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05037 (Brownsville, VT, 37 mi away) and 05039 (Corinth, VT, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05038 becomes 83050, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03580, 03850, 05083, 05830, 08035, 08053, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85003 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,232 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,368 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05038 and you would come out at 43.99°S, 107.54°E — 946 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 43.7 square miles of land, 05038 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 33 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,371This ZIP1,371
Households600This ZIP600
Housing units803This ZIP803
Median age55.1This ZIP55.1Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$62,000This ZIP$62,000Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$254,800This ZIP$254,800Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,567This ZIP$1,567Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.8%This ZIP28.8%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density31.4 / sq miThis ZIP31.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees189This ZIP189
Annual payroll$7,202,000This ZIP$7,202,000
Tax returns filed680This ZIP680
Total adjusted gross income$44,397,000This ZIP$44,397,000

Land area

Land area43.70 sq miThis ZIP43.70 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 05038

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

ZIP codes near 05038

ZIPCityDistance
05074 Thetford, VT 2.3 mi
05041 East Randolph, VT 4.7 mi
05077 Tunbridge, VT 5.7 mi
05675 Washington, VT 6.1 mi
05036 Brookfield, VT 6.9 mi
05079 Vershire, VT 6.9 mi
05061 Randolph Center, VT 7.2 mi
05072 Strafford, VT 8.2 mi
05039 Corinth, VT 8.7 mi
05679 Williamstown, VT 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05038?

05038 is in Chelsea, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9912, -72.4573.

What county is 05038 in?

05038 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05038?

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

What time zone is 05038 in?

05038 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05038?

About 1,371 people live in ZIP code 05038, in 600 households, at 31.4 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 05038?

$62,000 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05038?

The closest are 05074 (2.3 mi), 05041 (4.7 mi), 05077 (5.7 mi), 05675 (6.1 mi) and 05036 (6.9 mi).

Is 05038 a PO Box ZIP code?

05038 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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