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42453

ZIP 42453 is Saint Charles, 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
452
Coordinates
37.1579, -87.5907
☼ Live from 42453 — Saint Charles, KY

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Where 42453 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42453
  • 🔢 Type 42453 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EShZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,453 = 3 × 3 × 53 × 89. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010010111010101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42452 (Robards, KY, 36 mi away) and 42455 (Sebree, KY, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42453 becomes 35424, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23454, 24354, 24435, 24534, 24543, 25434, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34452 in Inverness, FL, 654 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 50%.
  • 🎯622 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42453 and you would come out at 37.16°S, 92.41°E — 1,378 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 43m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
  • 📏 At 23.0 square miles of land, 42453 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population452This ZIP452
Households181This ZIP181
Housing units196This ZIP196
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,939This ZIP$53,939Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$91,900This ZIP$91,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$850This ZIP$850Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher0.6%This ZIP0.6%
Mean commute33.7 minThis ZIP33.7 min
Population density19.7 / sq miThis ZIP19.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees24This ZIP24
Annual payroll$1,273,000This ZIP$1,273,000
Tax returns filed210This ZIP210
Total adjusted gross income$9,455,000This ZIP$9,455,000

Land area

Land area22.96 sq miThis ZIP22.96 sq mi
Water area0.27 sq miThis ZIP0.27 sq mi

Counties 42453 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Hopkins County 93.5%
Christian County 6.5%

Other place names in 42453

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

ZIP codes near 42453

ZIPCityDistance
42408 Dawson Springs, KY 5.8 mi
42442 Nortonville, KY 6.0 mi
42440 Mortons Gap, KY 8.7 mi
42410 Earlington, KY 9.3 mi
42217 Crofton, KY 10.1 mi
42215 Cerulean, KY 12.3 mi
42464 White Plains, KY 13.0 mi
42431 Madisonville, KY 13.9 mi
42441 Nebo, KY 14.7 mi
42445 Princeton, KY 14.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42453?

42453 is in Saint Charles, Kentucky, in Hopkins County, part of the Madisonville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.1579, -87.5907.

What county is 42453 in?

42453 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 42453?

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

What time zone is 42453 in?

42453 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 42453?

About 452 people live in ZIP code 42453, in 181 households, at 19.7 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 42453?

$53,939 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42453?

The closest are 42408 (5.8 mi), 42442 (6 mi), 42440 (8.7 mi), 42410 (9.3 mi) and 42217 (10.1 mi).

Is 42453 a PO Box ZIP code?

42453 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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