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05068

ZIP 05068 is South Royalton, Vermont, mostly in Windsor County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Windsor +1 more
Population
2,987
Coordinates
43.7808, -72.5481
☼ Live from 05068 — South Royalton, VT

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Where 05068 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05068
  • 🔢 Type 05068 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,068 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 181. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05067 (South Pomfret, VT, 7 mi away) and 05069 (South Ryegate, VT, 34 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05068 becomes 86050, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00685, 05086, 05680, 05860, 06058, 06085, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85060 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,226 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,362 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05068 and you would come out at 43.78°S, 107.45°E — 936 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 59.4 square miles of land, 05068 is bigger than 64% of ZIP codes — room for about 45 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,987This ZIP2,987
Households1,451This ZIP1,451
Housing units1,780This ZIP1,780
Median age51.3This ZIP51.3Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,911This ZIP$80,911Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$298,600This ZIP$298,600Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,097This ZIP$1,097Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher46.9%This ZIP46.9%
Mean commute21.2 minThis ZIP21.2 min
Population density50.3 / sq miThis ZIP50.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments78This ZIP78
Employees769This ZIP769
Annual payroll$42,703,000This ZIP$42,703,000
Tax returns filed1,640This ZIP1,640
Total adjusted gross income$108,435,000This ZIP$108,435,000

Land area

Land area59.38 sq miThis ZIP59.38 sq mi
Water area0.63 sq miThis ZIP0.63 sq mi

Counties 05068 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Windsor County 99.7%
Orange County 0.3%

Other place names in 05068

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ZIP codes near 05068

ZIPCityDistance
05031 Barnard, VT 4.4 mi
05053 North Pomfret, VT 5.6 mi
05032 Bethel, VT 5.7 mi
05084 West Hartford, VT 6.0 mi
05065 Sharon, VT 6.6 mi
05067 South Pomfret, VT 6.7 mi
05091 Woodstock, VT 9.2 mi
05772 Stockbridge, VT 9.6 mi
05077 Tunbridge, VT 9.9 mi
05061 Randolph Center, VT 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05068?

05068 is in South Royalton, Vermont, in Windsor County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.7808, -72.5481.

What county is 05068 in?

05068 spans 2 counties: Windsor County and Orange County. Most of it falls in Windsor County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 05068?

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

What time zone is 05068 in?

05068 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05068?

About 2,987 people live in ZIP code 05068, in 1,451 households, at 50.3 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 05068?

$80,911 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05068?

The closest are 05031 (4.4 mi), 05053 (5.6 mi), 05032 (5.7 mi), 05084 (6 mi) and 05065 (6.6 mi).

Is 05068 a PO Box ZIP code?

05068 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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