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42275

ZIP 42275 is Roundhill, Kentucky, mostly in Butler County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Butler +1 more
Metro area
Bowling Green, KY
Population
855
Coordinates
37.2332, -86.4542
☼ Live from 42275 — Roundhill, KY

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Where 42275 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42275
  • 🔢 Type 42275 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SLZZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,275 = 5 × 5 × 19 × 89. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010100100011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42274 (Rockfield, KY, 21 mi away) and 42276 (Russellville, KY, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42275 becomes 57224 — and that is a real ZIP code: Claire City, SD, 810 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (22547, 24527, 24572, 25247, 25427, 25724, …). The farthest-flung twin is 57422 in Andover, SD, 820 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯679 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42275 and you would come out at 37.23°S, 93.55°E — 1,317 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 46.4 square miles of land, 42275 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population855This ZIP855
Households329This ZIP329
Housing units382This ZIP382
Median age43.2This ZIP43.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$45,391This ZIP$45,391Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$180,700This ZIP$180,700Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher5.4%This ZIP5.4%
Mean commute41.3 minThis ZIP41.3 min
Population density18.4 / sq miThis ZIP18.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees16This ZIP16
Annual payroll$159,000This ZIP$159,000
Tax returns filed360This ZIP360
Total adjusted gross income$17,477,000This ZIP$17,477,000

Land area

Land area46.40 sq miThis ZIP46.40 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

Counties 42275 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Butler County 72.4%
Edmonson County 27.6%

ZIP codes near 42275

ZIPCityDistance
42252 Jetson, KY 2.5 mi
42210 Brownsville, KY 8.1 mi
42285 Sweeden, KY 8.9 mi
42288 Woodbury, KY 10.5 mi
42261 Morgantown, KY 10.7 mi
42207 Bee Spring, KY 11.1 mi
42101 Bowling Green, KY 12.1 mi
42201 Aberdeen, KY 12.6 mi
42721 Caneyville, KY 13.4 mi
42762 Millwood, KY 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42275?

42275 is in Roundhill, Kentucky, in Butler County, part of the Bowling Green, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2332, -86.4542.

What county is 42275 in?

42275 spans 2 counties: Butler County and Edmonson County. Most of it falls in Butler 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 42275?

Roundhill uses area codes 270 and 364, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 42275 in?

42275 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42275?

About 855 people live in ZIP code 42275, in 329 households, at 18.4 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 42275?

$45,391 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42275?

The closest are 42252 (2.5 mi), 42210 (8.1 mi), 42285 (8.9 mi), 42288 (10.5 mi) and 42261 (10.7 mi).

Is 42275 a PO Box ZIP code?

42275 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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