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05086

ZIP 05086 is West Topsham, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
647
Coordinates
44.1089, -72.3007
☼ Live from 05086 — West Topsham, VT

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Where 05086 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05086
  • 🔢 Type 05086 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gBOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,086 = 2 × 2543. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05085 (West Newbury, VT, 9 mi away) and 05088 (Wilder, VT, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05086 becomes 68050 — and that is a real ZIP code: Prague, NE, 1,256 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00685, 05068, 05680, 05860, 06058, 06085, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85060 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,240 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,376 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05086 and you would come out at 44.11°S, 107.70°E — 949 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 29.4 square miles of land, 05086 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population647This ZIP647
Households274This ZIP274
Housing units413This ZIP413
Median age50.3This ZIP50.3Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$71,000This ZIP$71,000Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$193,400This ZIP$193,400Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher15.7%This ZIP15.7%
Mean commute40.8 minThis ZIP40.8 min
Population density22.0 / sq miThis ZIP22.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees15This ZIP15
Annual payroll$956,000This ZIP$956,000
Tax returns filed400This ZIP400
Total adjusted gross income$23,634,000This ZIP$23,634,000

Land area

Land area29.38 sq miThis ZIP29.38 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05086

ZIPCityDistance
05039 Corinth, VT 3.2 mi
05649 East Barre, VT 4.0 mi
05076 Topsham, VT 4.5 mi
05040 East Corinth, VT 5.7 mi
05675 Washington, VT 6.5 mi
05046 Groton, VT 8.8 mi
05069 South Ryegate, VT 8.9 mi
05641 Barre, VT 9.2 mi
05085 West Newbury, VT 9.3 mi
05051 Newbury, VT 9.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05086?

05086 is in West Topsham, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1089, -72.3007.

What county is 05086 in?

05086 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05086?

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

What time zone is 05086 in?

05086 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05086?

About 647 people live in ZIP code 05086, in 274 households, at 22.0 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 05086?

$71,000 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05086?

The closest are 05039 (3.2 mi), 05649 (4 mi), 05076 (4.5 mi), 05040 (5.7 mi) and 05675 (6.5 mi).

Is 05086 a PO Box ZIP code?

05086 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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