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42211

ZIP 42211 is Cadiz, Kentucky, mostly in Trigg County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Trigg +1 more
Metro area
Clarksville, TN-KY
Population
13,475
Coordinates
36.8177, -87.8337
☼ Live from 42211 — Cadiz, KY

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Where 42211 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42211
  • 🔢 Type 42211 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IIZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,211 = 13 × 17 × 191. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42210 (Brownsville, KY, 89 mi away) and 42214 (Center, KY, 120 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42211 becomes 11224 — and that is a real ZIP code: Brooklyn, NY, 789 miles away.
  • 👥 16 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11224, 11242, 11422, 12124, 12214, 12241, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12214 in Albany, NY, 848 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 50%.
  • 🎯618 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42211 and you would come out at 36.82°S, 92.17°E — 1,388 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 284.4 square miles of land, 42211 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 216 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population13,475This ZIP13,475
Households5,639This ZIP5,639
Housing units7,187This ZIP7,187
Median age45.3This ZIP45.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$59,804This ZIP$59,804Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$210,000This ZIP$210,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$777This ZIP$777Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.4%This ZIP22.4%
Mean commute24.5 minThis ZIP24.5 min
Population density47.4 / sq miThis ZIP47.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments224This ZIP224
Employees2,177This ZIP2,177
Annual payroll$77,172,000This ZIP$77,172,000
Tax returns filed5,750This ZIP5,750
Total adjusted gross income$349,285,000This ZIP$349,285,000

Land area

Land area284.42 sq miThis ZIP284.42 sq mi
Water area18.52 sq miThis ZIP18.52 sq mi

Counties 42211 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Trigg County 99.8%
Caldwell County 0.2%

Other place names in 42211

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

ZIP codes near 42211

ZIPCityDistance
42232 Gracey, KY 9.9 mi
37028 Bumpus Mills, TN 13.1 mi
42236 Herndon, KY 14.2 mi
42215 Cerulean, KY 14.9 mi
42254 La Fayette, KY 15.1 mi
37023 Big Rock, TN 15.8 mi
42038 Eddyville, KY 19.1 mi
42241 Hopkinsville, KY 19.2 mi
42240 Hopkinsville, KY 20.9 mi
42445 Princeton, KY 21.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42211?

42211 is in Cadiz, Kentucky, in Trigg County, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8177, -87.8337.

What county is 42211 in?

42211 spans 2 counties: Trigg County and Caldwell County. Most of it falls in Trigg 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 42211?

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

What time zone is 42211 in?

42211 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42211?

About 13,475 people live in ZIP code 42211, in 5,639 households, at 47.4 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 42211?

$59,804 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42211?

The closest are 42232 (9.9 mi), 37028 (13.1 mi), 42236 (14.2 mi), 42215 (14.9 mi) and 42254 (15.1 mi).

Is 42211 a PO Box ZIP code?

42211 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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