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42085

ZIP 42085 is Water Valley, Kentucky, mostly in Graves County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Graves +1 more
Metro area
Mayfield, KY
Population
914
Coordinates
36.5696, -88.8010
☼ Live from 42085 — Water Valley, KY

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Where 42085 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42085
  • 🔢 Type 42085 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,085 = 5 × 19 × 443. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001100101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42083 (Tiline, KY, 50 mi away) and 42086 (West Paducah, KY, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42085 becomes 58024, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 62 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02458, 02584, 04258, 04285, 04852, 05482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85042 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,332 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯576 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42085 and you would come out at 36.57°S, 91.20°E — 1,372 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 28.6 square miles of land, 42085 is bigger than 45% of ZIP codes — room for about 22 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population914This ZIP914
Households303This ZIP303
Housing units333This ZIP333
Median age35.4This ZIP35.4Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$57,679This ZIP$57,679Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$106,000This ZIP$106,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$746This ZIP$746Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher3.5%This ZIP3.5%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density32.0 / sq miThis ZIP32.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees35This ZIP35
Annual payroll$929,000This ZIP$929,000
Tax returns filed340This ZIP340
Total adjusted gross income$16,714,000This ZIP$16,714,000

Land area

Land area28.59 sq miThis ZIP28.59 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Counties 42085 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Graves County 56.7%
Hickman County 43.3%

Other place names in 42085

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

ZIP codes near 42085

ZIPCityDistance
42088 Wingo, KY 4.1 mi
42041 Fulton, KY 4.4 mi
38257 South Fulton, TN 8.7 mi
38226 Dukedom, TN 10.4 mi
42079 Sedalia, KY 12.6 mi
42063 Lynnville, KY 12.9 mi
42031 Clinton, KY 13.3 mi
42066 Mayfield, KY 14.4 mi
38237 Martin, TN 14.4 mi
38241 Palmersville, TN 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42085?

42085 is in Water Valley, Kentucky, in Graves County, part of the Mayfield, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.5696, -88.8010.

What county is 42085 in?

42085 spans 2 counties: Graves County and Hickman County. Most of it falls in Graves 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 42085?

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

What time zone is 42085 in?

42085 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42085?

About 914 people live in ZIP code 42085, in 303 households, at 32.0 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 42085?

$57,679 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42085?

The closest are 42088 (4.1 mi), 42041 (4.4 mi), 38257 (8.7 mi), 38226 (10.4 mi) and 42079 (12.6 mi).

Is 42085 a PO Box ZIP code?

42085 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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