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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05079

05079

ZIP 05079 is Vershire, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
914
Coordinates
43.9568, -72.3265
☼ Live from 05079 — Vershire, VT

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Where 05079 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05079
  • 🔢 Type 05079 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,079 = 3 × 1693. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05077 (Tunbridge, VT, 7 mi away) and 05081 (Wells River, VT, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05079 becomes 97050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Rufus, OR, 2,341 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00795, 00957, 00975, 05907, 07059, 07095, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09057 in APO AE, a military post office, 3,650 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,374 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05079 and you would come out at 43.96°S, 107.67°E — 941 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 53m.
  • 📏 At 35.6 square miles of land, 05079 is bigger than 50% of ZIP codes — room for about 27 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population914This ZIP914
Households397This ZIP397
Housing units467This ZIP467
Median age44.2This ZIP44.2Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$72,022This ZIP$72,022Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$197,100This ZIP$197,100Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,125This ZIP$1,125Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.0%This ZIP33.0%
Mean commute32.0 minThis ZIP32.0 min
Population density25.7 / sq miThis ZIP25.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees501This ZIP501
Annual payroll$31,617,000This ZIP$31,617,000
Tax returns filed350This ZIP350
Total adjusted gross income$23,607,000This ZIP$23,607,000

Land area

Land area35.56 sq miThis ZIP35.56 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05079

ZIPCityDistance
05083 West Fairlee, VT 3.9 mi
05074 Thetford, VT 5.0 mi
05058 Post Mills, VT 5.9 mi
05072 Strafford, VT 5.9 mi
05038 Chelsea, VT 6.9 mi
05070 South Strafford, VT 7.3 mi
05039 Corinth, VT 7.4 mi
05077 Tunbridge, VT 7.4 mi
05045 Fairlee, VT 7.8 mi
05075 Thetford Center, VT 8.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05079?

05079 is in Vershire, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9568, -72.3265.

What county is 05079 in?

05079 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05079?

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

What time zone is 05079 in?

05079 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05079?

About 914 people live in ZIP code 05079, in 397 households, at 25.7 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 05079?

$72,022 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05079?

The closest are 05083 (3.9 mi), 05074 (5 mi), 05058 (5.9 mi), 05072 (5.9 mi) and 05038 (6.9 mi).

Is 05079 a PO Box ZIP code?

05079 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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