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42204

ZIP 42204 is Allensville, Kentucky, mostly in Todd County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Todd +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
725
Coordinates
36.6959, -87.0890
☼ Live from 42204 — Allensville, KY

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Where 42204 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42204
  • 🔢 Type 42204 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hOZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,204 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3517. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42202 (Adairville, KY, 14 mi away) and 42206 (Auburn, KY, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42204 becomes 40224 — and that is a real ZIP code: Louisville, KY, 129 miles away.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04224, 04422, 20244, 20424, 20442, 22044, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04422 in Charleston, ME, 1,103 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯659 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42204 and you would come out at 36.70°S, 92.91°E — 1,346 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 42.7 square miles of land, 42204 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population725This ZIP725
Households328This ZIP328
Housing units419This ZIP419
Median age36.9This ZIP36.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$61,452This ZIP$61,452Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$240,300This ZIP$240,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.2%This ZIP14.2%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density17.0 / sq miThis ZIP17.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees64This ZIP64
Annual payroll$3,386,000This ZIP$3,386,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$17,268,000This ZIP$17,268,000

Land area

Land area42.66 sq miThis ZIP42.66 sq mi
Water area0.57 sq miThis ZIP0.57 sq mi

Counties 42204 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Todd County 71.7%
Logan County 28.3%

Other place names in 42204

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

ZIP codes near 42204

ZIPCityDistance
42234 Guthrie, KY 5.3 mi
42265 Olmstead, KY 5.6 mi
37010 Adams, TN 8.6 mi
42286 Trenton, KY 10.3 mi
37032 Cedar Hill, TN 12.5 mi
42202 Adairville, KY 13.6 mi
42266 Pembroke, KY 15.2 mi
42220 Elkton, KY 15.6 mi
42221 Fairview, KY 15.7 mi
42276 Russellville, KY 16.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42204?

42204 is in Allensville, Kentucky, in Todd County. Its published point location is 36.6959, -87.0890.

What county is 42204 in?

42204 spans 2 counties: Todd County and Logan County. Most of it falls in Todd 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 42204?

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

What time zone is 42204 in?

42204 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42204?

About 725 people live in ZIP code 42204, in 328 households, at 17.0 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 42204?

$61,452 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42204?

The closest are 42234 (5.3 mi), 42265 (5.6 mi), 37010 (8.6 mi), 42286 (10.3 mi) and 37032 (12.5 mi).

Is 42204 a PO Box ZIP code?

42204 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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