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42071

ZIP 42071 is Murray, 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
30,981
Coordinates
36.6197, -88.2805
☼ Live from 42071 — Murray, KY

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Where 42071 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42071
  • 🔢 Type 42071 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ILOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 42071 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42070 (Milburn, KY, 36 mi away) and 42076 (New Concord, KY, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42071 becomes 17024 — and that is a real ZIP code: Elliottsburg, PA, 648 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04271 in Paris, ME, 1,071 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 51%.
  • 🎯601 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42071 and you would come out at 36.62°S, 91.72°E — 1,389 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 208.9 square miles of land, 42071 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 159 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population30,981This ZIP30,981
Households12,127This ZIP12,127
Housing units14,325This ZIP14,325
Median age33.9This ZIP33.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$50,198This ZIP$50,198Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$190,300This ZIP$190,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$884This ZIP$884Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher33.2%This ZIP33.2%
Mean commute16.3 minThis ZIP16.3 min
Population density148.3 / sq miThis ZIP148.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments806This ZIP806
Employees13,298This ZIP13,298
Annual payroll$532,194,000This ZIP$532,194,000
Tax returns filed12,120This ZIP12,120
Total adjusted gross income$798,395,000This ZIP$798,395,000

Land area

Land area208.86 sq miThis ZIP208.86 sq mi
Water area11.46 sq miThis ZIP11.46 sq mi

Counties 42071 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Calloway County 99.5%
Graves County 0.5%

Other place names in 42071

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ZIP codes near 42071

ZIPCityDistance
42020 Almo, KY 4.6 mi
42036 Dexter, KY 6.9 mi
42049 Hazel, KY 7.4 mi
42048 Hardin, KY 9.2 mi
42076 New Concord, KY 10.2 mi
42054 Kirksey, KY 11.0 mi
38251 Puryear, TN 11.8 mi
42040 Farmington, KY 12.3 mi
38222 Buchanan, TN 13.8 mi
42063 Lynnville, KY 16.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42071?

42071 is in Murray, Kentucky, in Calloway County, part of the Murray, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6197, -88.2805.

What county is 42071 in?

42071 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 42071?

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

What time zone is 42071 in?

42071 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42071?

About 30,981 people live in ZIP code 42071, in 12,127 households, at 148.3 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 42071?

$50,198 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42071?

The closest are 42020 (4.6 mi), 42036 (6.9 mi), 42049 (7.4 mi), 42048 (9.2 mi) and 42076 (10.2 mi).

Is 42071 a PO Box ZIP code?

42071 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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