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05156

ZIP 05156 is Springfield, Vermont, in Windsor County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Windsor
Population
9,116
Coordinates
43.3106, -72.4616
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Where 05156 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05156
  • 🔢 Type 05156 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSISO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,156 = 2 × 2 × 1289. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010000100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05155 (South Londonderry, VT, 20 mi away) and 05158 (Westminster, VT, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05156 becomes 65150, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01655, 05651, 06155, 06515, 15056, 15065, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56510 in Ada, MN, 1,197 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,366 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05156 and you would come out at 43.31°S, 107.54°E — 906 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 58m.
  • 📏 At 61.1 square miles of land, 05156 is bigger than 65% of ZIP codes — room for about 46 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,116This ZIP9,116
Households3,777This ZIP3,777
Housing units4,254This ZIP4,254
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,679This ZIP$66,679Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$204,300This ZIP$204,300Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$959This ZIP$959Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.1%This ZIP25.1%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density149.3 / sq miThis ZIP149.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments228This ZIP228
Employees2,339This ZIP2,339
Annual payroll$120,001,000This ZIP$120,001,000
Tax returns filed4,300This ZIP4,300
Total adjusted gross income$262,474,000This ZIP$262,474,000

Land area

Land area61.07 sq miThis ZIP61.07 sq mi
Water area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi

Other place names in 05156

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ZIP codes near 05156

ZIPCityDistance
05150 North Springfield, VT 3.9 mi
05151 Perkinsville, VT 6.1 mi
03603 Charlestown, NH 6.2 mi
05030 Ascutney, VT 6.7 mi
03743 Claremont, NH 7.6 mi
05142 Cavendish, VT 8.5 mi
03601 Acworth, NH 8.7 mi
05143 Chester, VT 10.0 mi
05037 Brownsville, VT 10.2 mi
05101 Bellows Falls, VT 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05156?

05156 is in Springfield, Vermont, in Windsor County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.3106, -72.4616.

What county is 05156 in?

05156 lies in Windsor County.

What area code is 05156?

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

What time zone is 05156 in?

05156 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05156?

About 9,116 people live in ZIP code 05156, in 3,777 households, at 149.3 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 05156?

$66,679 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05156?

The closest are 05150 (3.9 mi), 05151 (6.1 mi), 03603 (6.2 mi), 05030 (6.7 mi) and 03743 (7.6 mi).

Is 05156 a PO Box ZIP code?

05156 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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