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05405

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chittenden
Population
3,136
Coordinates
44.4742, -73.1964
☼ Live from 05405 — Burlington, VT

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Where 05405 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05405
  • 🔢 Type 05405 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,405 = 5 × 23 × 47. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05404 (Winooski, VT, 2 mi away) and 05406 (Burlington, VT, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05405 becomes 50450 — and that is a real ZIP code: Lake Mills, IA, 1,011 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04055, 05045, 05054, 05450, 40055, 40505, …). The farthest-flung twin is 50540 in Fonda, IA, 1,089 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,333 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05405 and you would come out at 44.47°S, 106.80°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 0.197 square miles of land, 05405 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 95 football fields.
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People and housing

Population3,136This ZIP3,136
Households5This ZIP5
Housing units5This ZIP5
Median age19.1This ZIP19.1Vermont43.1US 38.9
Bachelor's degree or higher100.0%This ZIP100.0%
Mean commute14.0 minThis ZIP14.0 min
Population density15,918.8 / sq miThis ZIP15,918.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees390This ZIP390
Annual payroll$12,294,000This ZIP$12,294,000

Land area

Land area0.20 sq miThis ZIP0.20 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 05405

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

ZIP codes near 05405

ZIPCityDistance
05401 Burlington, VT 1.1 mi
05404 Winooski, VT 1.6 mi
05439 Colchester, VT 2.1 mi
05403 South Burlington, VT 2.3 mi
05408 Burlington, VT 4.3 mi
05449 Colchester, VT 5.4 mi
05446 Colchester, VT 5.7 mi
05495 Williston, VT 5.8 mi
05402 Burlington, VT 6.0 mi
05406 Burlington, VT 6.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05405?

05405 is in Burlington, Vermont, in Chittenden County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.4742, -73.1964.

What county is 05405 in?

05405 lies in Chittenden County.

What area code is 05405?

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

What time zone is 05405 in?

05405 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05405?

About 3,136 people live in ZIP code 05405, in 5 households, at 15,918.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 05405?

The closest are 05401 (1.1 mi), 05404 (1.6 mi), 05439 (2.1 mi), 05403 (2.3 mi) and 05408 (4.3 mi).

Is 05405 a PO Box ZIP code?

05405 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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