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05260

ZIP 05260 is North Pownal, Vermont, in Bennington County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bennington
Metro area
Bennington, VT
Population
384
Coordinates
42.8116, -73.2626
☼ Live from 05260 — North Pownal, VT

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Where 05260 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05260
  • 🔢 Type 05260 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OgZSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,260 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 263. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05257 (North Bennington, VT, 11 mi away) and 05261 (Pownal, VT, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05260 becomes 06250 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mansfield Center, CT, 90 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00652, 02056, 02065, 02650, 05062, 05602, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00652 in Garrochales, PR, 1,728 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 81% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,325 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05260 and you would come out at 42.81°S, 106.74°E — 901 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 20m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 01m.
  • 📏 At 5.8 square miles of land, 05260 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population384This ZIP384
Households137This ZIP137
Housing units177This ZIP177
Median age62.0This ZIP62.0Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$83,083This ZIP$83,083Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$228,300This ZIP$228,300Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher59.1%This ZIP59.1%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density66.4 / sq miThis ZIP66.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees5This ZIP5
Annual payroll$28,000This ZIP$28,000
Tax returns filed170This ZIP170
Total adjusted gross income$13,389,000This ZIP$13,389,000

Land area

Land area5.78 sq miThis ZIP5.78 sq mi
Water area0.02 sq miThis ZIP0.02 sq mi

Other place names in 05260

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ZIP codes near 05260

ZIPCityDistance
05261 Pownal, VT 3.9 mi
12089 Hoosick, NY 4.7 mi
12090 Hoosick Falls, NY 6.4 mi
12138 Petersburg, NY 7.0 mi
05201 Bennington, VT 7.9 mi
12133 North Hoosick, NY 9.0 mi
05352 Stamford, VT 9.4 mi
01267 Williamstown, MA 9.7 mi
12082 Grafton, NY 9.8 mi
12022 Berlin, NY 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05260?

05260 is in North Pownal, Vermont, in Bennington County, part of the Bennington, VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.8116, -73.2626.

What county is 05260 in?

05260 lies in Bennington County.

What area code is 05260?

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

What time zone is 05260 in?

05260 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05260?

About 384 people live in ZIP code 05260, in 137 households, at 66.4 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 05260?

$83,083 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05260?

The closest are 05261 (3.9 mi), 12089 (4.7 mi), 12090 (6.4 mi), 12138 (7 mi) and 05201 (7.9 mi).

Is 05260 a PO Box ZIP code?

05260 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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