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42232

ZIP 42232 is Gracey, Kentucky, mostly in Christian County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Christian +1 more
Metro area
Clarksville, TN-KY
Population
711
Coordinates
36.8554, -87.6612
☼ Live from 42232 — Gracey, KY

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Where 42232 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42232
  • 🔢 Type 42232 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZEZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,232 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5279. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42223 (Fort Campbell, KY, 18 mi away) and 42234 (Guthrie, KY, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42232 becomes 23224 — and that is a real ZIP code: Richmond, VA, 563 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22243, 22432, 23224, 23242, 23422, 24322, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34222 in Ellenton, FL, 710 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯626 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42232 and you would come out at 36.86°S, 92.34°E — 1,379 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 22.0 square miles of land, 42232 is bigger than 39% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population711This ZIP711
Households239This ZIP239
Housing units311This ZIP311
Median age29.6This ZIP29.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$90,265This ZIP$90,265Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$226,900This ZIP$226,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher21.4%This ZIP21.4%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density32.4 / sq miThis ZIP32.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees16This ZIP16
Annual payroll$393,000This ZIP$393,000
Tax returns filed390This ZIP390
Total adjusted gross income$27,380,000This ZIP$27,380,000

Land area

Land area21.96 sq miThis ZIP21.96 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Counties 42232 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Christian County 73.1%
Trigg County 26.9%

Other place names in 42232

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

ZIP codes near 42232

ZIPCityDistance
42241 Hopkinsville, KY 9.4 mi
42215 Cerulean, KY 9.6 mi
42211 Cadiz, KY 9.9 mi
42236 Herndon, KY 10.2 mi
42240 Hopkinsville, KY 11.1 mi
42254 La Fayette, KY 13.5 mi
42262 Oak Grove, KY 16.4 mi
42217 Crofton, KY 16.8 mi
42223 Fort Campbell, KY 18.2 mi
42266 Pembroke, KY 18.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42232?

42232 is in Gracey, Kentucky, in Christian County, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8554, -87.6612.

What county is 42232 in?

42232 spans 2 counties: Christian County and Trigg County. Most of it falls in Christian 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 42232?

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

What time zone is 42232 in?

42232 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42232?

About 711 people live in ZIP code 42232, in 239 households, at 32.4 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 42232?

$90,265 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42232?

The closest are 42241 (9.4 mi), 42215 (9.6 mi), 42211 (9.9 mi), 42236 (10.2 mi) and 42240 (11.1 mi).

Is 42232 a PO Box ZIP code?

42232 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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