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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05471

05471

ZIP 05471 is Montgomery Center, Vermont, mostly in Franklin County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin +1 more
Population
719
Coordinates
44.8280, -72.5777
☼ Live from 05471 — Montgomery Center, VT

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Where 05471 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05471
  • 🔢 Type 05471 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05471 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101011111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05470 (Montgomery, VT, 6 mi away) and 05472 (New Haven, VT, 57 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05471 becomes 17450, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01475, 01745, 01754, 04571, 04751, 05741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75104 in Cedar Hill, TX, 1,554 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,366 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05471 and you would come out at 44.83°S, 107.42°E — 999 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 49.0 square miles of land, 05471 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population719This ZIP719
Households420This ZIP420
Housing units635This ZIP635
Median age51.5This ZIP51.5Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,816This ZIP$53,816Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$325,000This ZIP$325,000Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher50.9%This ZIP50.9%
Mean commute41.4 minThis ZIP41.4 min
Population density14.7 / sq miThis ZIP14.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees131This ZIP131
Annual payroll$3,594,000This ZIP$3,594,000
Tax returns filed420This ZIP420
Total adjusted gross income$28,401,000This ZIP$28,401,000

Land area

Land area48.99 sq miThis ZIP48.99 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Counties 05471 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Franklin County 92.7%
Orleans County 7.3%

ZIP codes near 05471

ZIPCityDistance
05470 Montgomery, VT 5.9 mi
05874 Westfield, VT 5.9 mi
05847 Lowell, VT 6.3 mi
05442 Belvidere Center, VT 6.7 mi
05652 Eden, VT 7.4 mi
05476 Richford, VT 9.4 mi
05653 Eden Mills, VT 9.4 mi
05447 East Berkshire, VT 10.0 mi
05665 North Hyde Park, VT 10.7 mi
05820 Albany, VT 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05471?

05471 is in Montgomery Center, Vermont, in Franklin County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8280, -72.5777.

What county is 05471 in?

05471 spans 2 counties: Franklin County and Orleans County. Most of it falls in Franklin 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 05471?

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

What time zone is 05471 in?

05471 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05471?

About 719 people live in ZIP code 05471, in 420 households, at 14.7 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 05471?

$53,816 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05471?

The closest are 05470 (5.9 mi), 05874 (5.9 mi), 05847 (6.3 mi), 05442 (6.7 mi) and 05652 (7.4 mi).

Is 05471 a PO Box ZIP code?

05471 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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