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42442

ZIP 42442 is Nortonville, Kentucky, mostly in Hopkins County; area code 270; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Hopkins +1 more
Metro area
Madisonville, KY
Population
2,991
Coordinates
37.1801, -87.4849
☼ Live from 42442 — Nortonville, KY

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Where 42442 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42442
  • 🔢 Type 42442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhhZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,442 = 2 × 21221. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010111001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42441 (Nebo, KY, 16 mi away) and 42444 (Poole, KY, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42442 becomes 24424, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24244, 24442, 44224, 44242, 44422). The farthest-flung twin is 24442 in Head Waters, VA, 450 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯627 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42442 and you would come out at 37.18°S, 92.52°E — 1,373 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 47.1 square miles of land, 42442 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,991This ZIP2,991
Households1,105This ZIP1,105
Housing units1,268This ZIP1,268
Median age44.2This ZIP44.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,190This ZIP$58,190Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$124,500This ZIP$124,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$838This ZIP$838Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density63.5 / sq miThis ZIP63.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments29This ZIP29
Employees133This ZIP133
Annual payroll$4,477,000This ZIP$4,477,000
Tax returns filed1,180This ZIP1,180
Total adjusted gross income$64,550,000This ZIP$64,550,000

Land area

Land area47.10 sq miThis ZIP47.10 sq mi
Water area0.64 sq miThis ZIP0.64 sq mi

Counties 42442 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Hopkins County 99.0%
Christian County 1.0%

Other place names in 42442

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

ZIP codes near 42442

ZIPCityDistance
42440 Mortons Gap, KY 4.1 mi
42453 Saint Charles, KY 6.0 mi
42410 Earlington, KY 6.8 mi
42464 White Plains, KY 7.1 mi
42217 Crofton, KY 9.3 mi
42431 Madisonville, KY 10.9 mi
42344 Graham, KY 11.2 mi
42408 Dawson Springs, KY 11.4 mi
42325 Bremen, KY 15.2 mi
42441 Nebo, KY 15.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42442?

42442 is in Nortonville, Kentucky, in Hopkins County, part of the Madisonville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1801, -87.4849.

What county is 42442 in?

42442 spans 2 counties: Hopkins County and Christian County. Most of it falls in Hopkins 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 42442?

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

What time zone is 42442 in?

42442 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42442?

About 2,991 people live in ZIP code 42442, in 1,105 households, at 63.5 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 42442?

$58,190 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42442?

The closest are 42440 (4.1 mi), 42453 (6 mi), 42410 (6.8 mi), 42464 (7.1 mi) and 42217 (9.3 mi).

Is 42442 a PO Box ZIP code?

42442 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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