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05056

ZIP 05056 is Plymouth, Vermont, in Windsor County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Windsor
Population
352
Coordinates
43.5088, -72.6936
☼ Live from 05056 — Plymouth, VT

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Where 05056 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05056
  • 🔢 Type 05056 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,056 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 79. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05055 (Norwich, VT, 26 mi away) and 05058 (Post Mills, VT, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05056 becomes 65050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Latham, MO, 1,095 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05065, 05650, 06505, 50056, 50065, 50560, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50065 in Davis City, IA, 1,097 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,354 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05056 and you would come out at 43.51°S, 107.31°E — 924 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 57m.
  • 📏 At 40.3 square miles of land, 05056 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population352This ZIP352
Households141This ZIP141
Housing units615This ZIP615
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,896This ZIP$74,896Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$335,900This ZIP$335,900Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,361This ZIP$1,361Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher51.8%This ZIP51.8%
Mean commute21.0 minThis ZIP21.0 min
Population density8.7 / sq miThis ZIP8.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees175This ZIP175
Annual payroll$6,632,000This ZIP$6,632,000
Tax returns filed180This ZIP180
Total adjusted gross income$12,261,000This ZIP$12,261,000

Land area

Land area40.31 sq miThis ZIP40.31 sq mi
Water area0.23 sq miThis ZIP0.23 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05056

ZIPCityDistance
05153 Proctorsville, VT 5.6 mi
05062 Reading, VT 5.7 mi
05758 Mount Holly, VT 6.4 mi
05034 Bridgewater, VT 6.8 mi
05035 Bridgewater Corners, VT 7.1 mi
05149 Ludlow, VT 7.4 mi
05071 South Woodstock, VT 7.5 mi
05738 Cuttingsville, VT 8.4 mi
05730 Belmont, VT 9.5 mi
05142 Cavendish, VT 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05056?

05056 is in Plymouth, Vermont, in Windsor County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.5088, -72.6936.

What county is 05056 in?

05056 lies in Windsor County.

What area code is 05056?

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

What time zone is 05056 in?

05056 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05056?

About 352 people live in ZIP code 05056, in 141 households, at 8.7 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 05056?

$74,896 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05056?

The closest are 05153 (5.6 mi), 05062 (5.7 mi), 05758 (6.4 mi), 05034 (6.8 mi) and 05035 (7.1 mi).

Is 05056 a PO Box ZIP code?

05056 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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