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05859

ZIP 05859 is North Troy, Vermont, in Orleans County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Orleans
Metro area
none
Population
2,123
Coordinates
44.9583, -72.4382
☼ Live from 05859 — North Troy, VT

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Where 05859 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05859
  • 🔢 Type 05859 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GSBSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,859 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 31. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05858 (North Concord, VT, 43 mi away) and 05860 (Orleans, VT, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 05859 becomes 95850, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (08559, 09855, 50598, 50859, 55089, 58059, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09855 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,290 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 91% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 94%.
  • 🎯1,374 miles northeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05859 and you would come out at 44.96°S, 107.56°E — 1,003 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 37m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 46m.
  • 📏 At 62.2 square miles of land, 05859 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 47 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,123This ZIP2,123
Households877This ZIP877
Housing units1,632This ZIP1,632
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median household income$84,813This ZIP$84,813Vermont$81,203US $80,734
Median home value$232,200This ZIP$232,200Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$725This ZIP$725Vermont$1,234US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.9%This ZIP24.9%
Mean commute26.0 minThis ZIP26.0 min
Population density34.1 / sq miThis ZIP34.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments34This ZIP34
Employees1,081This ZIP1,081
Annual payroll$26,570,000This ZIP$26,570,000
Tax returns filed1,030This ZIP1,030
Total adjusted gross income$52,266,000This ZIP$52,266,000

Land area

Land area62.22 sq miThis ZIP62.22 sq mi
Water area0.33 sq miThis ZIP0.33 sq mi

Other place names in 05859

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

ZIP codes near 05859

ZIPCityDistance
05868 Troy, VT 4.3 mi
05874 Westfield, VT 5.7 mi
05857 Newport Center, VT 6.5 mi
05476 Richford, VT 10.0 mi
05470 Montgomery, VT 10.5 mi
05471 Montgomery Center, VT 11.3 mi
05825 Coventry, VT 11.4 mi
05847 Lowell, VT 11.4 mi
05845 Irasburg, VT 12.1 mi
05855 Newport, VT 12.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05859?

05859 is in North Troy, Vermont, in Orleans County. Its published point location is 44.9583, -72.4382.

What county is 05859 in?

05859 lies in Orleans County.

What area code is 05859?

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

What time zone is 05859 in?

05859 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05859?

About 2,123 people live in ZIP code 05859, in 877 households, at 34.1 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 05859?

$84,813 a year, against $81,203 across Vermont.

What ZIP codes are near 05859?

The closest are 05868 (4.3 mi), 05874 (5.7 mi), 05857 (6.5 mi), 05476 (10 mi) and 05470 (10.5 mi).

Is 05859 a PO Box ZIP code?

05859 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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