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42301

ZIP 42301 is in Owensboro, Kentucky, mostly in Daviess County; area codes 270 and 364; Central time. Owensboro has 4 ZIP codes; the others are 42302, 42303 and 42304.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Daviess +2 more
Metro area
Owensboro, KY
Population
45,445
Coordinates
37.7358, -87.2494
☼ Live from 42301 — Owensboro, KY

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Where 42301 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42301
  • 🔢 Type 42301 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOEZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,301 = 7 × 6043. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010100111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42288 (Woodbury, KY, 51 mi away) and 42302 (Owensboro, KY, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42301 becomes 10324, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 68 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01243, 01342, 01432, 02134, 02143, 02341, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34021 in APO AA, a military post office, 1,770 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 51%.
  • 🎯627 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42301 and you would come out at 37.74°S, 92.75°E — 1,366 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 173.0 square miles of land, 42301 is bigger than 89% of ZIP codes — room for about 131 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population45,445This ZIP45,445
Households18,381This ZIP18,381
Housing units19,762This ZIP19,762
Median age36.6This ZIP36.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,885This ZIP$66,885Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$198,200This ZIP$198,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$876This ZIP$876Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.5%This ZIP26.5%
Mean commute18.6 minThis ZIP18.6 min
Population density262.6 / sq miThis ZIP262.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,044This ZIP1,044
Employees21,608This ZIP21,608
Annual payroll$1,034,940,000This ZIP$1,034,940,000
Tax returns filed20,130This ZIP20,130
Total adjusted gross income$1,226,121,000This ZIP$1,226,121,000

Land area

Land area173.04 sq miThis ZIP173.04 sq mi
Water area2.29 sq miThis ZIP2.29 sq mi

Counties 42301 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Daviess County 95.3%
Henderson County 4.2%
McLean County 0.5%

Other place names in 42301

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ZIP codes near 42301

ZIPCityDistance
42377 West Louisville, KY 3.4 mi
42334 Curdsville, KY 4.5 mi
42356 Maple Mount, KY 5.0 mi
42302 Owensboro, KY 7.5 mi
42304 Owensboro, KY 7.5 mi
42303 Owensboro, KY 10.9 mi
42322 Beech Grove, KY 10.9 mi
42327 Calhoun, KY 11.0 mi
47617 Hatfield, IN 11.6 mi
42376 Utica, KY 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42301?

42301 is in Owensboro, Kentucky, in Daviess County, part of the Owensboro, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.7358, -87.2494.

What county is 42301 in?

42301 spans 3 counties: Daviess County, Henderson County and McLean County. Most of it falls in Daviess 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 42301?

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

What time zone is 42301 in?

42301 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42301?

About 45,445 people live in ZIP code 42301, in 18,381 households, at 262.6 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 42301?

$66,885 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42301?

The closest are 42377 (3.4 mi), 42334 (4.5 mi), 42356 (5 mi), 42302 (7.5 mi) and 42304 (7.5 mi).

Is 42301 a PO Box ZIP code?

42301 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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