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42701

ZIP 42701 is in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in Hardin County; area codes 270 and 364; Eastern time. Elizabethtown has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 42702.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hardin
Metro area
Elizabethtown, KY
Population
53,987
Coordinates
37.7032, -85.8395
☼ Live from 42701 — Elizabethtown, KY

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Where 42701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42701
  • 🔢 Type 42701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 42701 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011011001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42653 (Whitley City, KY, 99 mi away) and 42702 (Elizabethtown, KY, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42701 becomes 10724, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01247, 01472, 01742, 02471, 02714, 02741, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04271 in Paris, ME, 917 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯701 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42701 and you would come out at 37.70°S, 94.16°E — 1,290 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 162.1 square miles of land, 42701 is bigger than 88% of ZIP codes — room for about 123 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population53,987This ZIP53,987
Households22,085This ZIP22,085
Housing units23,507This ZIP23,507
Median age38.1This ZIP38.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$69,619This ZIP$69,619Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$260,300This ZIP$260,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$934This ZIP$934Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.0%This ZIP28.0%
Mean commute20.9 minThis ZIP20.9 min
Population density333.1 / sq miThis ZIP333.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,554This ZIP1,554
Employees27,800This ZIP27,800
Annual payroll$1,333,583,000This ZIP$1,333,583,000
Tax returns filed24,310This ZIP24,310
Total adjusted gross income$1,827,136,000This ZIP$1,827,136,000

Land area

Land area162.10 sq miThis ZIP162.10 sq mi
Water area1.46 sq miThis ZIP1.46 sq mi

Other place names in 42701

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ZIP codes near 42701

ZIPCityDistance
42702 Elizabethtown, KY 1.2 mi
40159 Radcliff, KY 7.6 mi
40160 Radcliff, KY 9.1 mi
42740 Glendale, KY 10.0 mi
40162 Rineyville, KY 11.4 mi
42748 Hodgenville, KY 12.3 mi
42724 Cecilia, KY 12.8 mi
40107 Boston, KY 13.2 mi
42776 Sonora, KY 13.9 mi
40122 Fort Knox, KY 14.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42701?

42701 is in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in Hardin County, part of the Elizabethtown, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.7032, -85.8395.

What county is 42701 in?

42701 lies in Hardin County.

What area code is 42701?

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

What time zone is 42701 in?

42701 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 42701?

About 53,987 people live in ZIP code 42701, in 22,085 households, at 333.1 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 42701?

$69,619 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42701?

The closest are 42702 (1.2 mi), 40159 (7.6 mi), 40160 (9.1 mi), 42740 (10 mi) and 40162 (11.4 mi).

Is 42701 a PO Box ZIP code?

42701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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