ZIP code · East Dorset · Vermont · United States
ZIP code 05253 — East Dorset
ZIP code 05253 serves East Dorset, Vermont.
- Postal code
- 05253Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- East Dorset
- County
- Bennington FIPS 50003
- State
- Vermont
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 43.2370, -73.0081 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 624 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 47 / sq mi
- Land area
- 13.3 sq mi (34.4 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Per-capita income
- $43,909
- Median age
- 51.3
- Households
- 291
- Housing units
- 413
- Median home value
- $378,800
- Median gross rent
- $822 / month
- Congressional district
- VT At-large (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 5a (-20 to -15 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
- Area code
- 802 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Nearby localities
Map of ZIP code 05253
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 75°F), coldest Jan (avg low 8°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 27 | 31 | 38 | 50 | 64 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 43 | 32 |
| Avg low °F | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 42 | 51 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 37 | 26 | 16 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: PERU (5.5 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 05253
- 1 parks
- 1 post offices
- 2 places of worship
- 1 gas stations
- 1 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page