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42236

ZIP 42236 is Herndon, 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
931
Coordinates
36.7121, -87.6135
☼ Live from 42236 — Herndon, KY

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Where 42236 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42236
  • 🔢 Type 42236 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,236 = 2 × 2 × 10559. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42234 (Guthrie, KY, 24 mi away) and 42240 (Hopkinsville, KY, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42236 becomes 63224, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22436, 22463, 22643, 23426, 23462, 24236, …). The farthest-flung twin is 23426 in Sanford, VA, 660 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯632 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42236 and you would come out at 36.71°S, 92.39°E — 1,375 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 63.3 square miles of land, 42236 is bigger than 66% of ZIP codes — room for about 48 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population931This ZIP931
Households278This ZIP278
Housing units355This ZIP355
Median age35.2This ZIP35.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$68,819This ZIP$68,819Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$118,000This ZIP$118,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$864This ZIP$864Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.0%This ZIP30.0%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density14.7 / sq miThis ZIP14.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees16This ZIP16
Annual payroll$301,000This ZIP$301,000
Tax returns filed390This ZIP390
Total adjusted gross income$29,602,000This ZIP$29,602,000

Land area

Land area63.30 sq miThis ZIP63.30 sq mi
Water area0.68 sq miThis ZIP0.68 sq mi

Counties 42236 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Christian County 92.7%
Trigg County 7.3%

ZIP codes near 42236

ZIPCityDistance
42254 La Fayette, KY 3.9 mi
42223 Fort Campbell, KY 9.3 mi
42262 Oak Grove, KY 9.3 mi
42232 Gracey, KY 10.2 mi
37023 Big Rock, TN 12.5 mi
42241 Hopkinsville, KY 12.6 mi
42211 Cadiz, KY 14.2 mi
42240 Hopkinsville, KY 14.3 mi
42266 Pembroke, KY 14.4 mi
37028 Bumpus Mills, TN 14.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42236?

42236 is in Herndon, Kentucky, in Christian County, part of the Clarksville, TN-KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7121, -87.6135.

What county is 42236 in?

42236 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 42236?

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

What time zone is 42236 in?

42236 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42236?

About 931 people live in ZIP code 42236, in 278 households, at 14.7 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 42236?

$68,819 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42236?

The closest are 42254 (3.9 mi), 42223 (9.3 mi), 42262 (9.3 mi), 42232 (10.2 mi) and 37023 (12.5 mi).

Is 42236 a PO Box ZIP code?

42236 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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