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05408

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

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chittenden
Population
10,019
Coordinates
44.5052, -73.2724
☼ Live from 05408 — Burlington, VT

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Where 05408 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05408
  • 🔢 Type 05408 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,408 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 13. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05407 (South Burlington, VT, 10 mi away) and 05439 (Colchester, VT, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05408 becomes 80450, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04085, 04850, 05048, 05084, 05840, 08045, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85004 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,195 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,330 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05408 and you would come out at 44.51°S, 106.73°E — 998 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
  • 📏 At 4.0 square miles of land, 05408 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population10,019This ZIP10,019
Households4,309This ZIP4,309
Housing units4,400This ZIP4,400
Median age45.0This ZIP45.0Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$95,018This ZIP$95,018Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$400,600This ZIP$400,600Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,457This ZIP$1,457Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.2%This ZIP56.2%
Mean commute23.3 minThis ZIP23.3 min
Population density2,474.4 / sq miThis ZIP2,474.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments110This ZIP110
Employees706This ZIP706
Annual payroll$36,247,000This ZIP$36,247,000
Tax returns filed5,300This ZIP5,300
Total adjusted gross income$435,343,000This ZIP$435,343,000

Land area

Land area4.05 sq miThis ZIP4.05 sq mi
Water area15.03 sq miThis ZIP15.03 sq mi

Other place names in 05408

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

ZIP codes near 05408

ZIPCityDistance
05401 Burlington, VT 3.4 mi
05446 Colchester, VT 4.1 mi
05405 Burlington, VT 4.3 mi
05404 Winooski, VT 4.4 mi
05439 Colchester, VT 5.3 mi
05403 South Burlington, VT 6.4 mi
05449 Colchester, VT 6.7 mi
05482 Shelburne, VT 7.9 mi
12975 Port Kent, NY 8.0 mi
05486 South Hero, VT 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05408?

05408 is in Burlington, Vermont, in Chittenden County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.5052, -73.2724.

What county is 05408 in?

05408 lies in Chittenden County.

What area code is 05408?

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

What time zone is 05408 in?

05408 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05408?

About 10,019 people live in ZIP code 05408, in 4,309 households, at 2,474.4 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 05408?

$95,018 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05408?

The closest are 05401 (3.4 mi), 05446 (4.1 mi), 05405 (4.3 mi), 05404 (4.4 mi) and 05439 (5.3 mi).

Is 05408 a PO Box ZIP code?

05408 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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