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05142

ZIP 05142 is Cavendish, Vermont, in Windsor County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Windsor
Population
564
Coordinates
43.3976, -72.5803
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Where 05142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05142
  • 🔢 Type 05142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhISO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,142 = 2 × 3 × 857. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010000010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05141 (Cambridgeport, VT, 17 mi away) and 05143 (Chester, VT, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05142 becomes 24150 — and that is a real ZIP code: Ripplemead, VA, 591 miles away.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01245, 01254, 01452, 01524, 01542, 02145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51240 in Inwood, IA, 1,196 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 85% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,360 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05142 and you would come out at 43.40°S, 107.42°E — 915 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 57m.
  • 📏 At 26.7 square miles of land, 05142 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population564This ZIP564
Households222This ZIP222
Housing units397This ZIP397
Median age46.6This ZIP46.6Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$83,833This ZIP$83,833Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$292,300This ZIP$292,300Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher29.1%This ZIP29.1%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density21.1 / sq miThis ZIP21.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments12This ZIP12
Employees275This ZIP275
Annual payroll$14,628,000This ZIP$14,628,000
Tax returns filed350This ZIP350
Total adjusted gross income$23,599,000This ZIP$23,599,000

Land area

Land area26.69 sq miThis ZIP26.69 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 05142

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ZIP codes near 05142

ZIPCityDistance
05153 Proctorsville, VT 4.0 mi
05151 Perkinsville, VT 4.2 mi
05150 North Springfield, VT 4.9 mi
05149 Ludlow, VT 6.0 mi
05037 Brownsville, VT 6.4 mi
05062 Reading, VT 7.3 mi
05156 Springfield, VT 8.5 mi
05030 Ascutney, VT 8.7 mi
05056 Plymouth, VT 9.6 mi
05089 Windsor, VT 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05142?

05142 is in Cavendish, Vermont, in Windsor County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.3976, -72.5803.

What county is 05142 in?

05142 lies in Windsor County.

What area code is 05142?

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

What time zone is 05142 in?

05142 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05142?

About 564 people live in ZIP code 05142, in 222 households, at 21.1 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 05142?

$83,833 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05142?

The closest are 05153 (4 mi), 05151 (4.2 mi), 05150 (4.9 mi), 05149 (6 mi) and 05037 (6.4 mi).

Is 05142 a PO Box ZIP code?

05142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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