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05461

ZIP 05461 is Hinesburg, Vermont, mostly in Chittenden County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chittenden +1 more
Population
4,898
Coordinates
44.3223, -73.0945
☼ Live from 05461 — Hinesburg, VT

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Where 05461 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05461
  • 🔢 Type 05461 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IghSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,461 = 43 × 127. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05460 (Highgate Springs, VT, 45 mi away) and 05462 (Huntington, VT, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05461 becomes 16450, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01546, 01564, 05146, 05641, 06145, 06154, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51640 in Hamburg, IA, 1,174 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,338 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05461 and you would come out at 44.32°S, 106.91°E — 982 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 51m.
  • 📏 At 41.9 square miles of land, 05461 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,898This ZIP4,898
Households2,250This ZIP2,250
Housing units2,314This ZIP2,314
Median age49.9This ZIP49.9Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$109,712This ZIP$109,712Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$460,200This ZIP$460,200Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,651This ZIP$1,651Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.6%This ZIP62.6%
Mean commute19.9 minThis ZIP19.9 min
Population density116.8 / sq miThis ZIP116.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments129This ZIP129
Employees960This ZIP960
Annual payroll$53,208,000This ZIP$53,208,000
Tax returns filed2,680This ZIP2,680
Total adjusted gross income$268,470,000This ZIP$268,470,000

Land area

Land area41.92 sq miThis ZIP41.92 sq mi
Water area0.40 sq miThis ZIP0.40 sq mi

Counties 05461 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Chittenden County 93.7%
Addison County 6.3%

Other place names in 05461

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

ZIP codes near 05461

ZIPCityDistance
05469 Monkton, VT 6.0 mi
05477 Richmond, VT 7.0 mi
05445 Charlotte, VT 7.1 mi
05462 Huntington, VT 7.1 mi
05495 Williston, VT 7.4 mi
05473 North Ferrisburgh, VT 7.4 mi
05402 Burlington, VT 8.3 mi
05406 Burlington, VT 8.3 mi
05407 South Burlington, VT 8.3 mi
05453 Essex Junction, VT 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05461?

05461 is in Hinesburg, Vermont, in Chittenden County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.3223, -73.0945.

What county is 05461 in?

05461 spans 2 counties: Chittenden County and Addison County. Most of it falls in Chittenden County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 05461?

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

What time zone is 05461 in?

05461 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05461?

About 4,898 people live in ZIP code 05461, in 2,250 households, at 116.8 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 05461?

$109,712 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05461?

The closest are 05469 (6 mi), 05477 (7 mi), 05445 (7.1 mi), 05462 (7.1 mi) and 05495 (7.4 mi).

Is 05461 a PO Box ZIP code?

05461 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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