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05836

ZIP 05836 is East Hardwick, Vermont, in Caledonia County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caledonia
Metro area
none
Population
1,531
Coordinates
44.5186, -72.2308
☼ Live from 05836 — East Hardwick, VT

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Where 05836 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05836
  • 🔢 Type 05836 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEBSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,836 = 2 × 2 × 1459. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05833 (East Charleston, VT, 25 mi away) and 05837 (East Haven, VT, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05836 becomes 63850 — and that is a real ZIP code: Grayridge, MO, 1,059 miles away.
  • 👥 49 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03586, 03856, 03865, 05863, 06385, 06538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85360 in Wikieup, AZ, 2,281 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,381 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05836 and you would come out at 44.52°S, 107.77°E — 972 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
  • 📏 At 32.9 square miles of land, 05836 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,531This ZIP1,531
Households634This ZIP634
Housing units789This ZIP789
Median age43.3This ZIP43.3Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$99,929This ZIP$99,929Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$241,800This ZIP$241,800Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher52.6%This ZIP52.6%
Mean commute27.4 minThis ZIP27.4 min
Population density46.5 / sq miThis ZIP46.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments23This ZIP23
Employees45This ZIP45
Annual payroll$1,415,000This ZIP$1,415,000
Tax returns filed540This ZIP540
Total adjusted gross income$31,023,000This ZIP$31,023,000

Land area

Land area32.90 sq miThis ZIP32.90 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

ZIP codes near 05836

ZIPCityDistance
05842 Greensboro Bend, VT 5.0 mi
05843 Hardwick, VT 5.6 mi
05841 Greensboro, VT 7.4 mi
05828 Danville, VT 7.7 mi
05873 West Danville, VT 7.9 mi
05647 Cabot, VT 8.2 mi
05681 Woodbury, VT 8.4 mi
05851 Lyndonville, VT 9.2 mi
05850 Lyndon Center, VT 10.1 mi
05866 Sheffield, VT 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05836?

05836 is in East Hardwick, Vermont, in Caledonia County. Its published point location is 44.5186, -72.2308.

What county is 05836 in?

05836 lies in Caledonia County.

What area code is 05836?

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

What time zone is 05836 in?

05836 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05836?

About 1,531 people live in ZIP code 05836, in 634 households, at 46.5 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 05836?

$99,929 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05836?

The closest are 05842 (5 mi), 05843 (5.6 mi), 05841 (7.4 mi), 05828 (7.7 mi) and 05873 (7.9 mi).

Is 05836 a PO Box ZIP code?

05836 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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