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42088

ZIP 42088 is Wingo, 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
2,497
Coordinates
36.6162, -88.7539
☼ Live from 42088 — Wingo, KY

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Where 42088 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42088
  • 🔢 Type 42088 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BBOZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,088 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5261. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42087 (Wickliffe, KY, 28 mi away) and 42101 (Bowling Green, KY, 130 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42088 becomes 88024 — and that is a real ZIP code: Berino, NM, 1,065 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04288, 08248, 08824, 20848, 20884, 24088, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84028 in Garden City, UT, 1,261 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 53%.
  • 🎯577 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42088 and you would come out at 36.62°S, 91.25°E — 1,371 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 67.8 square miles of land, 42088 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 51 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,497This ZIP2,497
Households967This ZIP967
Housing units1,080This ZIP1,080
Median age45.8This ZIP45.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$52,745This ZIP$52,745Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$134,500This ZIP$134,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$696This ZIP$696Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.6%This ZIP12.6%
Mean commute31.7 minThis ZIP31.7 min
Population density36.8 / sq miThis ZIP36.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments19This ZIP19
Employees81This ZIP81
Annual payroll$2,906,000This ZIP$2,906,000
Tax returns filed1,120This ZIP1,120
Total adjusted gross income$60,403,000This ZIP$60,403,000

Land area

Land area67.81 sq miThis ZIP67.81 sq mi
Water area0.57 sq miThis ZIP0.57 sq mi

Counties 42088 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Graves County 80.5%
Hickman County 19.6%

Other place names in 42088

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ZIP codes near 42088

ZIPCityDistance
42085 Water Valley, KY 4.1 mi
42041 Fulton, KY 8.2 mi
42066 Mayfield, KY 10.2 mi
42063 Lynnville, KY 11.0 mi
42079 Sedalia, KY 11.1 mi
38226 Dukedom, TN 11.2 mi
42039 Fancy Farm, KY 12.6 mi
38257 South Fulton, TN 12.9 mi
42031 Clinton, KY 14.0 mi
42040 Farmington, KY 14.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42088?

42088 is in Wingo, Kentucky, in Graves County, part of the Mayfield, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6162, -88.7539.

What county is 42088 in?

42088 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 42088?

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

What time zone is 42088 in?

42088 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42088?

About 2,497 people live in ZIP code 42088, in 967 households, at 36.8 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 42088?

$52,745 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42088?

The closest are 42085 (4.1 mi), 42041 (8.2 mi), 42066 (10.2 mi), 42063 (11 mi) and 42079 (11.1 mi).

Is 42088 a PO Box ZIP code?

42088 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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