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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05088

05088

ZIP 05088 is Wilder, Vermont, in Windsor County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Windsor
Population
581
Coordinates
43.6754, -72.3067
☼ Live from 05088 — Wilder, VT

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Where 05088 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05088
  • 🔢 Type 05088 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBOSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,088 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 53. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05086 (West Topsham, VT, 30 mi away) and 05089 (Windsor, VT, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05088 becomes 88050, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08085, 08805, 08850, 58008, 80805, 85008, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85080 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,237 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 86% 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 05088 and you would come out at 43.68°S, 107.69°E — 923 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 27m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 55m.
  • 📏 At 0.428 square miles of land, 05088 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 207 football fields.
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People and housing

Population581This ZIP581
Households368This ZIP368
Housing units384This ZIP384
Median age57.9This ZIP57.9Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$71,848This ZIP$71,848Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$252,200This ZIP$252,200Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher54.7%This ZIP54.7%
Mean commute20.4 minThis ZIP20.4 min
Population density1,357.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,357.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees223This ZIP223
Annual payroll$14,995,000This ZIP$14,995,000

Land area

Land area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 05088

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 05088

ZIPCityDistance
05047 Hartford, VT 2.4 mi
03784 West Lebanon, NH 2.6 mi
05009 White River Junction, VT 2.7 mi
05001 White River Junction, VT 3.5 mi
03756 Lebanon, NH 3.6 mi
03766 Lebanon, NH 4.7 mi
05052 North Hartland, VT 6.0 mi
05059 Quechee, VT 6.7 mi
03750 Etna, NH 6.8 mi
05055 Norwich, VT 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05088?

05088 is in Wilder, Vermont, in Windsor County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.6754, -72.3067.

What county is 05088 in?

05088 lies in Windsor County.

What area code is 05088?

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

What time zone is 05088 in?

05088 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05088?

About 581 people live in ZIP code 05088, in 368 households, at 1,357.5 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 05088?

$71,848 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05088?

The closest are 05047 (2.4 mi), 03784 (2.6 mi), 05009 (2.7 mi), 05001 (3.5 mi) and 03756 (3.6 mi).

Is 05088 a PO Box ZIP code?

05088 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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