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05679

ZIP 05679 is Williamstown, Vermont, in Orange County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orange
Population
3,147
Coordinates
44.1089, -72.5319
☼ Live from 05679 — Williamstown, VT

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Where 05679 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05679
  • 🔢 Type 05679 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLgSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,679 = 3 × 3 × 631. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011000101111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05678 (Websterville, VT, 4 mi away) and 05680 (Wolcott, VT, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05679 becomes 97650, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 40 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05769, 06759, 06795, 09765, 56097, 57069, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09765 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,373 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,364 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05679 and you would come out at 44.11°S, 107.47°E — 955 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 30m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 52m.
  • 📏 At 38.4 square miles of land, 05679 is bigger than 52% of ZIP codes — room for about 29 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,147This ZIP3,147
Households1,210This ZIP1,210
Housing units1,292This ZIP1,292
Median age43.0This ZIP43.0Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$94,082This ZIP$94,082Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$238,900This ZIP$238,900Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,659This ZIP$1,659Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%This ZIP17.7%
Mean commute23.5 minThis ZIP23.5 min
Population density82.1 / sq miThis ZIP82.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments48This ZIP48
Employees347This ZIP347
Annual payroll$15,263,000This ZIP$15,263,000
Tax returns filed1,770This ZIP1,770
Total adjusted gross income$106,953,000This ZIP$106,953,000

Land area

Land area38.35 sq miThis ZIP38.35 sq mi
Water area0.18 sq miThis ZIP0.18 sq mi

Other place names in 05679

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ZIP codes near 05679

ZIPCityDistance
05654 Graniteville, VT 3.0 mi
05678 Websterville, VT 4.3 mi
05670 South Barre, VT 4.9 mi
05675 Washington, VT 5.9 mi
05601 Montpelier, VT 6.4 mi
05036 Brookfield, VT 6.5 mi
05641 Barre, VT 6.6 mi
05664 Northfield Falls, VT 7.2 mi
05649 East Barre, VT 8.3 mi
05663 Northfield, VT 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05679?

05679 is in Williamstown, Vermont, in Orange County, part of the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT micropolitan area. Its published point location is 44.1089, -72.5319.

What county is 05679 in?

05679 lies in Orange County.

What area code is 05679?

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

What time zone is 05679 in?

05679 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05679?

About 3,147 people live in ZIP code 05679, in 1,210 households, at 82.1 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 05679?

$94,082 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05679?

The closest are 05654 (3 mi), 05678 (4.3 mi), 05670 (4.9 mi), 05675 (5.9 mi) and 05601 (6.4 mi).

Is 05679 a PO Box ZIP code?

05679 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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