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42045

ZIP 42045 is Grand Rivers, Kentucky, in Livingston County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Livingston
Metro area
Paducah, KY-IL
Population
1,931
Coordinates
37.0747, -88.2679
☼ Live from 42045 — Grand Rivers, KY

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Where 42045 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42045
  • 🔢 Type 42045 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,045 = 3 × 5 × 2803. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010000111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42044 (Gilbertsville, KY, 8 mi away) and 42047 (Hampton, KY, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42045 becomes 54024 — and that is a real ZIP code: Saint Croix Falls, WI, 625 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02445, 02454, 04254, 05442, 20544, 24054, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04254 in Livermore Falls, ME, 1,073 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯589 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42045 and you would come out at 37.07°S, 91.73°E — 1,367 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 40.7 square miles of land, 42045 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,931This ZIP1,931
Households848This ZIP848
Housing units1,157This ZIP1,157
Median age56.8This ZIP56.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$50,549This ZIP$50,549Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$157,800This ZIP$157,800Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$844This ZIP$844Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.4%This ZIP15.4%
Mean commute31.2 minThis ZIP31.2 min
Population density47.5 / sq miThis ZIP47.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments44This ZIP44
Employees787This ZIP787
Annual payroll$39,170,000This ZIP$39,170,000
Tax returns filed1,000This ZIP1,000
Total adjusted gross income$64,798,000This ZIP$64,798,000

Land area

Land area40.68 sq miThis ZIP40.68 sq mi
Water area4.05 sq miThis ZIP4.05 sq mi

Other place names in 42045

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

ZIP codes near 42045

ZIPCityDistance
42055 Kuttawa, KY 5.2 mi
42083 Tiline, KY 6.1 mi
42037 Dycusburg, KY 7.4 mi
42029 Calvert City, KY 7.8 mi
42044 Gilbertsville, KY 8.1 mi
42058 Ledbetter, KY 11.0 mi
42028 Burna, KY 12.0 mi
42081 Smithland, KY 13.0 mi
42038 Eddyville, KY 13.4 mi
42078 Salem, KY 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42045?

42045 is in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, in Livingston County, part of the Paducah, KY-IL metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0747, -88.2679.

What county is 42045 in?

42045 lies in Livingston County.

What area code is 42045?

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

What time zone is 42045 in?

42045 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42045?

About 1,931 people live in ZIP code 42045, in 848 households, at 47.5 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 42045?

$50,549 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42045?

The closest are 42055 (5.2 mi), 42083 (6.1 mi), 42037 (7.4 mi), 42029 (7.8 mi) and 42044 (8.1 mi).

Is 42045 a PO Box ZIP code?

42045 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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