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42167

ZIP 42167 is Tompkinsville, Kentucky, mostly in Monroe County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Monroe +2 more
Metro area
none
Population
8,172
Coordinates
36.7184, -85.6747
☼ Live from 42167 — Tompkinsville, KY

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Where 42167 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42167
  • 🔢 Type 42167 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LgIZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,167 = 149 × 283. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010010110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42166 (Summer Shade, KY, 11 mi away) and 42170 (Woodburn, KY, 50 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42167 becomes 76124 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fort Worth, TX, 713 miles away.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12746, 12764, 14267, 14276, 14627, 14726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 67124 in Pratt, KS, 723 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯731 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42167 and you would come out at 36.72°S, 94.33°E — 1,269 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 204.0 square miles of land, 42167 is bigger than 91% of ZIP codes — room for about 155 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,172This ZIP8,172
Households3,495This ZIP3,495
Housing units3,846This ZIP3,846
Median age42.0This ZIP42.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$48,497This ZIP$48,497Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$114,200This ZIP$114,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$667This ZIP$667Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.2%This ZIP15.2%
Mean commute30.2 minThis ZIP30.2 min
Population density40.1 / sq miThis ZIP40.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments165This ZIP165
Employees2,162This ZIP2,162
Annual payroll$107,224,000This ZIP$107,224,000
Tax returns filed3,060This ZIP3,060
Total adjusted gross income$183,406,000This ZIP$183,406,000

Land area

Land area204.03 sq miThis ZIP204.03 sq mi
Water area1.91 sq miThis ZIP1.91 sq mi

Counties 42167 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Monroe County 97.7%
Cumberland County 1.3%
Metcalfe County 1.0%

Other place names in 42167

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ZIP codes near 42167

ZIPCityDistance
42151 Hestand, KY 8.3 mi
42157 Mount Hermon, KY 9.1 mi
42140 Gamaliel, KY 9.6 mi
42124 Beaumont, KY 10.1 mi
42166 Summer Shade, KY 11.1 mi
42759 Marrowbone, KY 11.7 mi
38575 Moss, TN 11.7 mi
37150 Red Boiling Springs, TN 14.4 mi
42131 Etoile, KY 15.1 mi
38551 Celina, TN 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42167?

42167 is in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, in Monroe County. Its published point location is 36.7184, -85.6747.

What county is 42167 in?

42167 spans 3 counties: Monroe County, Cumberland County and Metcalfe County. Most of it falls in Monroe 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 42167?

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

What time zone is 42167 in?

42167 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42167?

About 8,172 people live in ZIP code 42167, in 3,495 households, at 40.1 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 42167?

$48,497 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42167?

The closest are 42151 (8.3 mi), 42157 (9.1 mi), 42140 (9.6 mi), 42124 (10.1 mi) and 42166 (11.1 mi).

Is 42167 a PO Box ZIP code?

42167 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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