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42748

ZIP 42748 is Hodgenville, Kentucky, mostly in Larue County; area code 270; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Larue +1 more
Metro area
Elizabethtown, KY
Population
9,365
Coordinates
37.5667, -85.6941
☼ Live from 42748 — Hodgenville, KY

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Where 42748 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42748
  • 🔢 Type 42748 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhLZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,748 = 2 × 2 × 10687. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011011111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42746 (Hardyville, KY, 25 mi away) and 42749 (Horse Cave, KY, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42748 becomes 84724 — and that is a real ZIP code: Elsinore, UT, 1,435 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24487, 24847, 24874, 27844, 28447, 28744, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84742 in Kanarraville, UT, 1,499 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯712 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42748 and you would come out at 37.57°S, 94.31°E — 1,280 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 128.1 square miles of land, 42748 is bigger than 83% of ZIP codes — room for about 97 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population9,365This ZIP9,365
Households3,462This ZIP3,462
Housing units3,750This ZIP3,750
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$65,691This ZIP$65,691Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$186,500This ZIP$186,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$784This ZIP$784Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.8%This ZIP14.8%
Mean commute29.1 minThis ZIP29.1 min
Population density73.1 / sq miThis ZIP73.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments169This ZIP169
Employees1,775This ZIP1,775
Annual payroll$74,317,000This ZIP$74,317,000
Tax returns filed3,930This ZIP3,930
Total adjusted gross income$221,558,000This ZIP$221,558,000

Land area

Land area128.07 sq miThis ZIP128.07 sq mi
Water area1.52 sq miThis ZIP1.52 sq mi

Counties 42748 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Larue County 99.8%
Hardin County 0.2%

Other place names in 42748

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ZIP codes near 42748

ZIPCityDistance
42716 Buffalo, KY 5.2 mi
40051 New Haven, KY 8.6 mi
42764 Mount Sherman, KY 10.3 mi
42757 Magnolia, KY 11.1 mi
40052 New Hope, KY 11.6 mi
40107 Boston, KY 12.1 mi
42701 Elizabethtown, KY 12.3 mi
40060 Raywick, KY 12.6 mi
42702 Elizabethtown, KY 12.6 mi
42776 Sonora, KY 13.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42748?

42748 is in Hodgenville, Kentucky, in Larue County, part of the Elizabethtown, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.5667, -85.6941.

What county is 42748 in?

42748 spans 2 counties: Larue County and Hardin County. Most of it falls in Larue 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 42748?

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

What time zone is 42748 in?

42748 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 42748?

About 9,365 people live in ZIP code 42748, in 3,462 households, at 73.1 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 42748?

$65,691 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42748?

The closest are 42716 (5.2 mi), 40051 (8.6 mi), 42764 (10.3 mi), 42757 (11.1 mi) and 40052 (11.6 mi).

Is 42748 a PO Box ZIP code?

42748 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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