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zipcodes.pro — ZIP/06520

06520

ZIP 06520 is in New Haven, Connecticut, in New Haven County; area codes 203 and 475; Eastern time. New Haven has 28 ZIP codes in all.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
New Haven
Metro area
none
Coordinates
41.3082, -72.9282

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 06511, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 06520 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 06520
  • 🔢 Type 06520 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZSgO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 6,520 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 163. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1100101111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 06519 (New Haven, CT, 1 mi away) and 06521 (New Haven, CT, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 06520 becomes 02560, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00652, 02056, 02065, 02650, 05062, 05260, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00652 in Garrochales, PR, 1,623 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 93%.
  • 🎯1,345 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 06520 and you would come out at 41.31°S, 107.07°E — 809 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees177This ZIP177
Annual payroll$7,443,000This ZIP$7,443,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 06520

ZIPCityDistance
06501 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06502 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06503 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06505 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06506 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06507 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06508 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06509 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06521 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi
06530 New Haven, CT 0.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 06520?

06520 is in New Haven, Connecticut, in New Haven County. Its published point location is 41.3082, -72.9282.

What county is 06520 in?

06520 lies in New Haven County.

What area code is 06520?

New Haven uses area codes 203 and 475, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 06520 in?

06520 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 06520?

The closest are 06501 (0 mi), 06502 (0 mi), 06503 (0 mi), 06505 (0 mi) and 06506 (0 mi).

Is 06520 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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