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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05072

05072

ZIP 05072 is Strafford, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
751
Coordinates
43.8834, -72.3870
☼ Live from 05072 — Strafford, VT

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Where 05072 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05072
  • 🔢 Type 05072 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,072 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 317. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111010000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05071 (South Woodstock, VT, 24 mi away) and 05073 (Taftsville, VT, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05072 becomes 27050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tobaccoville, NC, 677 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00725, 05702, 07052, 07205, 07502, 20057, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00725 in Caguas, PR, 1,811 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,371 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05072 and you would come out at 43.88°S, 107.61°E — 938 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 28m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 25.4 square miles of land, 05072 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population751This ZIP751
Households329This ZIP329
Housing units381This ZIP381
Median age48.9This ZIP48.9Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$113,438This ZIP$113,438Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$421,600This ZIP$421,600Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher53.4%This ZIP53.4%
Mean commute21.5 minThis ZIP21.5 min
Population density29.5 / sq miThis ZIP29.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees19This ZIP19
Annual payroll$769,000This ZIP$769,000
Tax returns filed220This ZIP220
Total adjusted gross income$23,797,000This ZIP$23,797,000

Land area

Land area25.43 sq miThis ZIP25.43 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq miThis ZIP0.06 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05072

ZIPCityDistance
05070 South Strafford, VT 3.1 mi
05077 Tunbridge, VT 4.0 mi
05075 Thetford Center, VT 5.7 mi
05058 Post Mills, VT 5.7 mi
05079 Vershire, VT 5.9 mi
05083 West Fairlee, VT 6.4 mi
05065 Sharon, VT 6.6 mi
05074 Thetford, VT 7.9 mi
05055 Norwich, VT 8.0 mi
05038 Chelsea, VT 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05072?

05072 is in Strafford, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.8834, -72.3870.

What county is 05072 in?

05072 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05072?

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

What time zone is 05072 in?

05072 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05072?

About 751 people live in ZIP code 05072, in 329 households, at 29.5 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 05072?

$113,438 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05072?

The closest are 05070 (3.1 mi), 05077 (4 mi), 05075 (5.7 mi), 05058 (5.7 mi) and 05079 (5.9 mi).

Is 05072 a PO Box ZIP code?

05072 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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