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05083

ZIP 05083 is West Fairlee, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
193
Coordinates
43.9184, -72.2678
☼ Live from 05083 — West Fairlee, VT

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Where 05083 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05083
  • 🔢 Type 05083 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EBOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,083 = 13 × 17 × 23. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111011011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05081 (Wells River, VT, 18 mi away) and 05084 (West Hartford, VT, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05083 becomes 38050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Maury City, TN, 1,056 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03580, 03850, 05038, 05830, 08035, 08053, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85003 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,241 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 87% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,377 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05083 and you would come out at 43.92°S, 107.73°E — 937 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 29m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 54m.
  • 📏 At 0.790 square miles of land, 05083 is bigger than 7% of ZIP codes — about 382 football fields.
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People and housing

Population193This ZIP193
Households88This ZIP88
Housing units88This ZIP88
Median age56.8This ZIP56.8Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,917This ZIP$57,917Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher23.1%This ZIP23.1%
Mean commute30.1 minThis ZIP30.1 min
Population density244.3 / sq miThis ZIP244.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees13This ZIP13
Annual payroll$963,000This ZIP$963,000
Tax returns filed130This ZIP130
Total adjusted gross income$6,581,000This ZIP$6,581,000

Land area

Land area0.79 sq miThis ZIP0.79 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05083

ZIPCityDistance
05058 Post Mills, VT 2.6 mi
05079 Vershire, VT 3.9 mi
05045 Fairlee, VT 4.4 mi
05075 Thetford Center, VT 5.1 mi
05070 South Strafford, VT 6.0 mi
05072 Strafford, VT 6.4 mi
05054 North Thetford, VT 6.6 mi
05033 Bradford, VT 7.1 mi
05043 East Thetford, VT 8.3 mi
05074 Thetford, VT 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05083?

05083 is in West Fairlee, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.9184, -72.2678.

What county is 05083 in?

05083 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05083?

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

What time zone is 05083 in?

05083 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05083?

About 193 people live in ZIP code 05083, in 88 households, at 244.3 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 05083?

$57,917 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05083?

The closest are 05058 (2.6 mi), 05079 (3.9 mi), 05045 (4.4 mi), 05075 (5.1 mi) and 05070 (6 mi).

Is 05083 a PO Box ZIP code?

05083 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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