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05070

ZIP 05070 is South Strafford, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
510
Coordinates
43.8516, -72.3433
☼ Live from 05070 — South Strafford, VT

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Where 05070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05070
  • 🔢 Type 05070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,070 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 13 × 13. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05069 (South Ryegate, VT, 24 mi away) and 05071 (South Woodstock, VT, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05070 becomes 07050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Orange, NJ, 234 miles away.
  • 👥 7 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00705, 07005, 07050, 50007, 50070, 70005, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00705 in Aibonito, PR, 1,812 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,373 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05070 and you would come out at 43.85°S, 107.66°E — 935 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 10.7 square miles of land, 05070 is bigger than 28% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population510This ZIP510
Households191This ZIP191
Housing units208This ZIP208
Median age51.3This ZIP51.3Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$125,938This ZIP$125,938Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$539,600This ZIP$539,600Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,385This ZIP$1,385Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher50.4%This ZIP50.4%
Mean commute27.2 minThis ZIP27.2 min
Population density47.6 / sq miThis ZIP47.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments17This ZIP17
Employees64This ZIP64
Annual payroll$3,823,000This ZIP$3,823,000
Tax returns filed310This ZIP310
Total adjusted gross income$28,487,000This ZIP$28,487,000

Land area

Land area10.71 sq miThis ZIP10.71 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05070

ZIPCityDistance
05075 Thetford Center, VT 2.9 mi
05072 Strafford, VT 3.1 mi
05058 Post Mills, VT 4.1 mi
05055 Norwich, VT 5.2 mi
05065 Sharon, VT 5.6 mi
05083 West Fairlee, VT 6.0 mi
05077 Tunbridge, VT 7.0 mi
05043 East Thetford, VT 7.3 mi
05079 Vershire, VT 7.3 mi
05054 North Thetford, VT 7.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05070?

05070 is in South Strafford, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.8516, -72.3433.

What county is 05070 in?

05070 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05070?

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

What time zone is 05070 in?

05070 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05070?

About 510 people live in ZIP code 05070, in 191 households, at 47.6 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 05070?

$125,938 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05070?

The closest are 05075 (2.9 mi), 05072 (3.1 mi), 05058 (4.1 mi), 05055 (5.2 mi) and 05065 (5.6 mi).

Is 05070 a PO Box ZIP code?

05070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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