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05254

ZIP 05254 is Manchester, Vermont, in Bennington County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bennington
Metro area
Bennington, VT
Population
439
Coordinates
43.1600, -73.0671
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Where 05254 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05254
  • 🔢 Type 05254 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hSZSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,254 = 2 × 37 × 71. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05253 (East Dorset, VT, 8 mi away) and 05255 (Manchester Center, VT, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05254 becomes 45250 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cincinnati, OH, 657 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02455, 02554, 04255, 05452, 20554, 24055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50254 in Thayer, IA, 1,084 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 84% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,335 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05254 and you would come out at 43.16°S, 106.93°E — 915 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 2.5 square miles of land, 05254 is bigger than 13% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.9 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population439This ZIP439
Households167This ZIP167
Housing units406This ZIP406
Median age62.4This ZIP62.4Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$122,868This ZIP$122,868Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$558,300This ZIP$558,300Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher67.5%This ZIP67.5%
Mean commute20.4 minThis ZIP20.4 min
Population density175.0 / sq miThis ZIP175.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments43This ZIP43
Employees970This ZIP970
Annual payroll$51,020,000This ZIP$51,020,000

Land area

Land area2.51 sq miThis ZIP2.51 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 05254

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

ZIP codes near 05254

ZIPCityDistance
05255 Manchester Center, VT 2.7 mi
05340 Bondville, VT 4.8 mi
05252 East Arlington, VT 5.4 mi
05250 Arlington, VT 6.6 mi
05251 Dorset, VT 7.3 mi
05253 East Dorset, VT 7.8 mi
05152 Peru, VT 8.2 mi
05776 West Rupert, VT 9.2 mi
05360 West Wardsboro, VT 10.1 mi
05768 Rupert, VT 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05254?

05254 is in Manchester, Vermont, in Bennington County, part of the Bennington, VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1600, -73.0671.

What county is 05254 in?

05254 lies in Bennington County.

What area code is 05254?

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

What time zone is 05254 in?

05254 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05254?

About 439 people live in ZIP code 05254, in 167 households, at 175.0 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 05254?

$122,868 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05254?

The closest are 05255 (2.7 mi), 05340 (4.8 mi), 05252 (5.4 mi), 05250 (6.6 mi) and 05251 (7.3 mi).

Is 05254 a PO Box ZIP code?

05254 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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