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05474

ZIP 05474 is North Hero, Vermont, in Grand Isle County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Grand Isle
Population
1,263
Coordinates
44.8351, -73.2257
☼ Live from 05474 — North Hero, VT

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Where 05474 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05474
  • 🔢 Type 05474 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,474 = 2 × 7 × 17 × 23. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101100010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05473 (North Ferrisburgh, VT, 41 mi away) and 05476 (Richford, VT, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05474 becomes 47450, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04457, 04475, 04547, 04574, 04745, 05447, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75044 in Garland, TX, 1,495 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,334 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05474 and you would come out at 44.84°S, 106.77°E — 1,016 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 36m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 47m.
  • 📏 At 13.5 square miles of land, 05474 is bigger than 31% of ZIP codes — room for about 10 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,263This ZIP1,263
Households518This ZIP518
Housing units1,077This ZIP1,077
Median age54.2This ZIP54.2Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$102,143This ZIP$102,143Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$451,400This ZIP$451,400Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,556This ZIP$1,556Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher47.4%This ZIP47.4%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density93.9 / sq miThis ZIP93.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees96This ZIP96
Annual payroll$6,134,000This ZIP$6,134,000
Tax returns filed570This ZIP570
Total adjusted gross income$57,437,000This ZIP$57,437,000

Land area

Land area13.45 sq miThis ZIP13.45 sq mi
Water area33.78 sq miThis ZIP33.78 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05474

ZIPCityDistance
05481 Saint Albans Bay, VT 4.6 mi
05478 Saint Albans, VT 6.1 mi
05463 Isle La Motte, VT 6.5 mi
05479 Saint Albans, VT 7.2 mi
05488 Swanton, VT 7.3 mi
05458 Grand Isle, VT 9.0 mi
05440 Alburgh, VT 9.1 mi
12921 Chazy, NY 10.9 mi
05460 Highgate Springs, VT 11.3 mi
05483 Sheldon, VT 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05474?

05474 is in North Hero, Vermont, in Grand Isle County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.8351, -73.2257.

What county is 05474 in?

05474 lies in Grand Isle County.

What area code is 05474?

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

What time zone is 05474 in?

05474 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05474?

About 1,263 people live in ZIP code 05474, in 518 households, at 93.9 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 05474?

$102,143 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05474?

The closest are 05481 (4.6 mi), 05478 (6.1 mi), 05463 (6.5 mi), 05479 (7.2 mi) and 05488 (7.3 mi).

Is 05474 a PO Box ZIP code?

05474 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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