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42049

ZIP 42049 is Hazel, Kentucky, mostly in Calloway County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Calloway +1 more
Metro area
Murray, KY
Population
1,311
Coordinates
36.5175, -88.3198
☼ Live from 42049 — Hazel, KY

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Where 42049 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42049
  • 🔢 Type 42049 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,049 = 7 × 6007. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42048 (Hardin, KY, 16 mi away) and 42050 (Hickman, KY, 48 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42049 becomes 94024 — and that is a real ZIP code: Los Altos, CA, 1,856 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02494, 04294, 04429, 04492, 04924, 04942, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09244 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,676 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 52%.
  • 🎯602 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42049 and you would come out at 36.52°S, 91.68°E — 1,393 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 39m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 40m.
  • 📏 At 44.8 square miles of land, 42049 is bigger than 56% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,311This ZIP1,311
Households542This ZIP542
Housing units656This ZIP656
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$52,917This ZIP$52,917Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$189,900This ZIP$189,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$730This ZIP$730Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute20.5 minThis ZIP20.5 min
Population density29.2 / sq miThis ZIP29.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments30This ZIP30
Employees130This ZIP130
Annual payroll$4,952,000This ZIP$4,952,000
Tax returns filed670This ZIP670
Total adjusted gross income$33,522,000This ZIP$33,522,000

Land area

Land area44.83 sq miThis ZIP44.83 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Counties 42049 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Calloway County 99.2%
Graves County 0.9%

Other place names in 42049

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

ZIP codes near 42049

ZIPCityDistance
38251 Puryear, TN 4.5 mi
42071 Murray, KY 7.4 mi
38222 Buchanan, TN 10.3 mi
42040 Farmington, KY 11.8 mi
42020 Almo, KY 11.8 mi
42076 New Concord, KY 12.4 mi
38224 Cottage Grove, TN 13.2 mi
42063 Lynnville, KY 14.2 mi
42036 Dexter, KY 14.3 mi
42079 Sedalia, KY 14.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42049?

42049 is in Hazel, Kentucky, in Calloway County, part of the Murray, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5175, -88.3198.

What county is 42049 in?

42049 spans 2 counties: Calloway County and Graves County. Most of it falls in Calloway 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 42049?

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

What time zone is 42049 in?

42049 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42049?

About 1,311 people live in ZIP code 42049, in 542 households, at 29.2 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 42049?

$52,917 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42049?

The closest are 38251 (4.5 mi), 42071 (7.4 mi), 38222 (10.3 mi), 42040 (11.8 mi) and 42020 (11.8 mi).

Is 42049 a PO Box ZIP code?

42049 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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