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05401

ZIP 05401 is in Burlington, Vermont, in Chittenden County; area code 802; Eastern time. Burlington has 5 ZIP codes; the others are 05402, 05405, 05406 and 05408.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chittenden
Population
31,662
Coordinates
44.4752, -73.2179
☼ Live from 05401 — Burlington, VT

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Where 05401 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05401
  • 🔢 Type 05401 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,401 = 11 × 491. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05363 (Wilmington, VT, 111 mi away) and 05402 (Burlington, VT, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05401 becomes 10450, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01054, 01450, 01504, 01540, 04015, 04051, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51040 in Onawa, IA, 1,158 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,332 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05401 and you would come out at 44.48°S, 106.78°E — 994 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
  • 📏 At 6.1 square miles of land, 05401 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.6 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population31,662This ZIP31,662
Households13,238This ZIP13,238
Housing units13,722This ZIP13,722
Median age25.9This ZIP25.9Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,657This ZIP$65,657Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$492,100This ZIP$492,100Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,665This ZIP$1,665Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.6%This ZIP62.6%
Mean commute17.6 minThis ZIP17.6 min
Population density5,199.0 / sq miThis ZIP5,199.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,283This ZIP1,283
Employees26,107This ZIP26,107
Annual payroll$1,904,470,000This ZIP$1,904,470,000
Tax returns filed13,050This ZIP13,050
Total adjusted gross income$1,014,210,000This ZIP$1,014,210,000

Land area

Land area6.09 sq miThis ZIP6.09 sq mi
Water area2.62 sq miThis ZIP2.62 sq mi

Other place names in 05401

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ZIP codes near 05401

ZIPCityDistance
05405 Burlington, VT 1.1 mi
05404 Winooski, VT 2.2 mi
05439 Colchester, VT 3.0 mi
05403 South Burlington, VT 3.0 mi
05408 Burlington, VT 3.4 mi
05446 Colchester, VT 5.5 mi
05482 Shelburne, VT 5.8 mi
05449 Colchester, VT 5.9 mi
05495 Williston, VT 6.8 mi
05402 Burlington, VT 7.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05401?

05401 is in Burlington, Vermont, in Chittenden County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.4752, -73.2179.

What county is 05401 in?

05401 lies in Chittenden County.

What area code is 05401?

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

What time zone is 05401 in?

05401 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05401?

About 31,662 people live in ZIP code 05401, in 13,238 households, at 5,199.0 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 05401?

$65,657 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05401?

The closest are 05405 (1.1 mi), 05404 (2.2 mi), 05439 (3 mi), 05403 (3 mi) and 05408 (3.4 mi).

Is 05401 a PO Box ZIP code?

05401 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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