Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/05477

05477

ZIP 05477 is Richmond, Vermont, in Chittenden County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Chittenden
Population
4,454
Coordinates
44.3820, -72.9796
☼ Live from 05477 — Richmond, VT

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 05477 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 05477
  • 🔢 Type 05477 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLhSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 05477 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05476 (Richford, VT, 43 mi away) and 05478 (Saint Albans, VT, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05477 becomes 77450 — and that is a real ZIP code: Katy, TX, 1,602 miles away.
  • 👥 28 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04757, 04775, 05747, 05774, 07457, 07754, …). The farthest-flung twin is 77450 in Katy, TX, 1,602 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,343 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05477 and you would come out at 44.38°S, 107.02°E — 983 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 50m.
  • 📏 At 33.4 square miles of land, 05477 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 05477 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population4,454This ZIP4,454
Households2,006This ZIP2,006
Housing units2,226This ZIP2,226
Median age41.9This ZIP41.9Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$108,971This ZIP$108,971Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$424,400This ZIP$424,400Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,125This ZIP$1,125Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher60.9%This ZIP60.9%
Mean commute25.1 minThis ZIP25.1 min
Population density133.3 / sq miThis ZIP133.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments146This ZIP146
Employees1,492This ZIP1,492
Annual payroll$82,832,000This ZIP$82,832,000
Tax returns filed2,470This ZIP2,470
Total adjusted gross income$251,786,000This ZIP$251,786,000

Land area

Land area33.41 sq miThis ZIP33.41 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Other place names in 05477

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

ZIP codes near 05477

ZIPCityDistance
05466 Jonesville, VT 2.1 mi
05462 Huntington, VT 5.8 mi
05465 Jericho, VT 6.5 mi
05402 Burlington, VT 6.6 mi
05406 Burlington, VT 6.6 mi
05407 South Burlington, VT 6.6 mi
05453 Essex Junction, VT 6.6 mi
05495 Williston, VT 6.6 mi
05461 Hinesburg, VT 7.0 mi
05676 Waterbury, VT 8.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 05477 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05477?

05477 is in Richmond, Vermont, in Chittenden County, part of the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.3820, -72.9796.

What county is 05477 in?

05477 lies in Chittenden County.

What area code is 05477?

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

What time zone is 05477 in?

05477 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05477?

About 4,454 people live in ZIP code 05477, in 2,006 households, at 133.3 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 05477?

$108,971 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05477?

The closest are 05466 (2.1 mi), 05462 (5.8 mi), 05465 (6.5 mi), 05402 (6.6 mi) and 05406 (6.6 mi).

Is 05477 a PO Box ZIP code?

05477 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “05477 ZIP Code — Richmond, Vermont (Chittenden County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/05477

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/05477.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.