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42101

ZIP 42101 is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, mostly in Warren County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time. Bowling Green has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 42102, 42103 and 42104.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Warren +2 more
Metro area
Bowling Green, KY
Population
65,421
Coordinates
37.0581, -86.4631
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Where 42101 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42101
  • 🔢 Type 42101 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 42101 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010001110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42088 (Wingo, KY, 130 mi away) and 42102 (Bowling Green, KY, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42101 becomes 10124 — and that is a real ZIP code: New York, NY, 718 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02114, 02141, 04112, 04211, 10124, 11024, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04211 in Auburn, ME, 981 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯682 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42101 and you would come out at 37.06°S, 93.54°E — 1,316 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 281.1 square miles of land, 42101 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 213 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population65,421This ZIP65,421
Households24,361This ZIP24,361
Housing units26,751This ZIP26,751
Median age28.1This ZIP28.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$48,217This ZIP$48,217Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$207,200This ZIP$207,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$950This ZIP$950Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.3%This ZIP19.3%
Mean commute20.4 minThis ZIP20.4 min
Population density232.8 / sq miThis ZIP232.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,396This ZIP1,396
Employees34,401This ZIP34,401
Annual payroll$1,935,286,000This ZIP$1,935,286,000
Tax returns filed25,060This ZIP25,060
Total adjusted gross income$1,214,133,000This ZIP$1,214,133,000

Land area

Land area281.08 sq miThis ZIP281.08 sq mi
Water area3.29 sq miThis ZIP3.29 sq mi

Counties 42101 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Warren County 88.5%
Edmonson County 8.2%
Butler County 3.3%

Other place names in 42101

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ZIP codes near 42101

ZIPCityDistance
42128 Drake, KY 6.4 mi
42103 Bowling Green, KY 10.0 mi
42102 Bowling Green, KY 10.3 mi
42274 Rockfield, KY 10.6 mi
42275 Roundhill, KY 12.1 mi
42252 Jetson, KY 12.2 mi
42159 Oakland, KY 12.5 mi
42104 Bowling Green, KY 12.5 mi
42288 Woodbury, KY 12.8 mi
42210 Brownsville, KY 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42101?

42101 is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in Warren County, part of the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0581, -86.4631.

What county is 42101 in?

42101 spans 3 counties: Warren County, Edmonson County and Butler County. Most of it falls in Warren 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 42101?

Bowling Green uses area codes 270 and 364, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42101 in?

42101 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42101?

About 65,421 people live in ZIP code 42101, in 24,361 households, at 232.8 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 42101?

$48,217 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42101?

The closest are 42128 (6.4 mi), 42103 (10 mi), 42102 (10.3 mi), 42274 (10.6 mi) and 42275 (12.1 mi).

Is 42101 a PO Box ZIP code?

42101 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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