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42127

ZIP 42127 is Cave City, Kentucky, mostly in Barren County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Barren +1 more
Metro area
Glasgow, KY
Population
7,030
Coordinates
37.1226, -85.9270
☼ Live from 42127 — Cave City, KY

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Where 42127 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42127
  • 🔢 Type 42127 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LZIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,127 = 103 × 409. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010010001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42124 (Beaumont, KY, 23 mi away) and 42128 (Drake, KY, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42127 becomes 72124 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Little Rock, AR, 397 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12247, 12427, 12472, 12724, 12742, 14227, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12247 in Albany, NY, 749 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯709 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42127 and you would come out at 37.12°S, 94.07°E — 1,287 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 89.7 square miles of land, 42127 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 68 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,030This ZIP7,030
Households3,012This ZIP3,012
Housing units3,257This ZIP3,257
Median age43.9This ZIP43.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$42,893This ZIP$42,893Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$164,000This ZIP$164,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$713This ZIP$713Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.1%This ZIP12.1%
Mean commute26.4 minThis ZIP26.4 min
Population density78.3 / sq miThis ZIP78.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments100This ZIP100
Employees938This ZIP938
Annual payroll$27,505,000This ZIP$27,505,000
Tax returns filed2,610This ZIP2,610
Total adjusted gross income$131,869,000This ZIP$131,869,000

Land area

Land area89.74 sq miThis ZIP89.74 sq mi
Water area0.85 sq miThis ZIP0.85 sq mi

Counties 42127 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Barren County 85.1%
Hart County 14.9%

Other place names in 42127

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

ZIP codes near 42127

ZIPCityDistance
42749 Horse Cave, KY 5.0 mi
42152 Hiseville, KY 6.3 mi
42142 Glasgow, KY 8.8 mi
42160 Park City, KY 9.0 mi
42163 Rocky Hill, KY 11.8 mi
42746 Hardyville, KY 12.4 mi
42154 Knob Lick, KY 12.4 mi
42214 Center, KY 12.5 mi
42141 Glasgow, KY 12.7 mi
42765 Munfordville, KY 12.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42127?

42127 is in Cave City, Kentucky, in Barren County, part of the Glasgow, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1226, -85.9270.

What county is 42127 in?

42127 spans 2 counties: Barren County and Hart County. Most of it falls in Barren 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 42127?

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

What time zone is 42127 in?

42127 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42127?

About 7,030 people live in ZIP code 42127, in 3,012 households, at 78.3 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 42127?

$42,893 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42127?

The closest are 42749 (5 mi), 42152 (6.3 mi), 42142 (8.8 mi), 42160 (9 mi) and 42163 (11.8 mi).

Is 42127 a PO Box ZIP code?

42127 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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