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41042

ZIP 41042 is in Florence, Kentucky, mostly in Boone County; area code 859; Eastern time. Florence has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 41022.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Boone +1 more
Population
57,634
Coordinates
38.9872, -84.6470
☼ Live from 41042 — Florence, KY

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Where 41042 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 41042
  • 🔢 Type 41042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOIh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 41,042 = 2 × 20521. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010000001010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 41041 (Flemingsburg, KY, 64 mi away) and 41043 (Foster, KY, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 41042 becomes 24014 — and that is a real ZIP code: Roanoke, VA, 285 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01244, 02144, 04124, 04241, 04412, 04421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04412 in Brewer, ME, 909 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯745 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 41042 and you would come out at 38.99°S, 95.35°E — 1,249 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
  • 📏 At 22.1 square miles of land, 41042 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population57,634This ZIP57,634
Households22,807This ZIP22,807
Housing units23,734This ZIP23,734
Median age38.7This ZIP38.7Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$79,712This ZIP$79,712Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$223,000This ZIP$223,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,351This ZIP$1,351Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.7%This ZIP27.7%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density2,606.0 / sq miThis ZIP2,606.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,621This ZIP1,621
Employees39,475This ZIP39,475
Annual payroll$1,989,750,000This ZIP$1,989,750,000
Tax returns filed25,950This ZIP25,950
Total adjusted gross income$1,645,735,000This ZIP$1,645,735,000

Land area

Land area22.12 sq miThis ZIP22.12 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 41042 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Boone County 94.6%
Kenton County 5.4%

Other place names in 41042

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ZIP codes near 41042

ZIPCityDistance
41018 Erlanger, KY 3.1 mi
41021 Hebron, KY 3.2 mi
41025 Erlanger, KY 5.1 mi
41017 Ft Mitchell, KY 5.4 mi
41022 Florence, KY 5.7 mi
41005 Burlington, KY 6.2 mi
41051 Independence, KY 6.8 mi
41091 Union, KY 7.2 mi
41094 Walton, KY 7.3 mi
41012 Covington, KY 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 41042?

41042 is in Florence, Kentucky, in Boone County, part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9872, -84.6470.

What county is 41042 in?

41042 spans 2 counties: Boone County and Kenton County. Most of it falls in Boone County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 41042?

Florence uses area code 859, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 41042 in?

41042 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 41042?

About 57,634 people live in ZIP code 41042, in 22,807 households, at 2,606.0 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 41042?

$79,712 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 41042?

The closest are 41018 (3.1 mi), 41021 (3.2 mi), 41025 (5.1 mi), 41017 (5.4 mi) and 41022 (5.7 mi).

Is 41042 a PO Box ZIP code?

41042 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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