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42035

ZIP 42035 is Cunningham, Kentucky, mostly in Carlisle County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Carlisle +1 more
Metro area
Paducah, KY-IL
Population
816
Coordinates
36.9077, -88.8365
☼ Live from 42035 — Cunningham, KY

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Where 42035 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42035
  • 🔢 Type 42035 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SEOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,035 = 5 × 7 × 1201. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010000110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42033 (Crayne, KY, 49 mi away) and 42036 (Dexter, KY, 36 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42035 becomes 53024 — and that is a real ZIP code: Grafton, WI, 446 miles away.
  • 👥 68 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02345, 02453, 02534, 02543, 03245, 03254, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04352 in Mount Vernon, ME, 1,115 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯565 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42035 and you would come out at 36.91°S, 91.16°E — 1,354 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 26.7 square miles of land, 42035 is bigger than 43% of ZIP codes — room for about 20 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population816This ZIP816
Households279This ZIP279
Housing units307This ZIP307
Median age37.1This ZIP37.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$55,515This ZIP$55,515Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher16.1%This ZIP16.1%
Mean commute22.6 minThis ZIP22.6 min
Population density30.6 / sq miThis ZIP30.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments25This ZIP25
Employees130This ZIP130
Annual payroll$6,249,000This ZIP$6,249,000
Tax returns filed430This ZIP430
Total adjusted gross income$34,630,000This ZIP$34,630,000

Land area

Land area26.70 sq miThis ZIP26.70 sq mi
Water area0.30 sq miThis ZIP0.30 sq mi

Counties 42035 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Carlisle County 77.8%
Graves County 22.2%

Other place names in 42035

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

ZIP codes near 42035

ZIPCityDistance
42060 Lovelaceville, KY 4.0 mi
42061 Lowes, KY 4.2 mi
42069 Melber, KY 4.5 mi
42039 Fancy Farm, KY 8.2 mi
42070 Milburn, KY 8.3 mi
42023 Bardwell, KY 8.9 mi
42087 Wickliffe, KY 9.8 mi
42001 Paducah, KY 11.0 mi
42051 Hickory, KY 11.1 mi
42027 Boaz, KY 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42035?

42035 is in Cunningham, Kentucky, in Carlisle County, part of the Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9077, -88.8365.

What county is 42035 in?

42035 spans 2 counties: Carlisle County and Graves County. Most of it falls in Carlisle 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 42035?

Cunningham uses area code 270, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42035 in?

42035 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42035?

About 816 people live in ZIP code 42035, in 279 households, at 30.6 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 42035?

$55,515 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42035?

The closest are 42060 (4 mi), 42061 (4.2 mi), 42069 (4.5 mi), 42039 (8.2 mi) and 42070 (8.3 mi).

Is 42035 a PO Box ZIP code?

42035 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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