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43008

ZIP 43008 is Buckeye Lake, Ohio, in Licking County; area code 740; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Licking
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Population
2,434
Coordinates
39.9330, -82.4832
☼ Live from 43008 — Buckeye Lake, OH

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Where 43008 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43008
  • 🔢 Type 43008 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOOEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,008 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 7. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100000000000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43007 (Broadway, OH, 56 mi away) and 43009 (Cable, OH, 63 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43008 becomes 80034 — and that is a real ZIP code: Wheat Ridge, CO, 1,195 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03048, 03084, 03804, 03840, 04038, 04083, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34008 in APO AA, a military post office, 2,121 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯852 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43008 and you would come out at 39.93°S, 97.52°E — 1,162 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 1.5 square miles of land, 43008 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,434This ZIP2,434
Households1,014This ZIP1,014
Housing units1,347This ZIP1,347
Median age48.6This ZIP48.6Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$88,558This ZIP$88,558Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$164,200This ZIP$164,200Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$860This ZIP$860Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.9%This ZIP14.9%
Mean commute21.7 minThis ZIP21.7 min
Population density1,620.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,620.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments51This ZIP51
Employees394This ZIP394
Annual payroll$10,697,000This ZIP$10,697,000

Land area

Land area1.50 sq miThis ZIP1.50 sq mi
Water area0.46 sq miThis ZIP0.46 sq mi

Other place names in 43008

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

ZIP codes near 43008

ZIPCityDistance
43025 Hebron, OH 3.2 mi
43046 Millersport, OH 3.7 mi
43030 Jacksontown, OH 4.8 mi
43076 Thornville, OH 5.5 mi
43033 Kirkersville, OH 6.5 mi
43157 Thurston, OH 7.1 mi
43148 Pleasantville, OH 7.8 mi
43105 Baltimore, OH 8.2 mi
43056 Heath, OH 9.6 mi
43058 Newark, OH 9.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43008?

43008 is in Buckeye Lake, Ohio, in Licking County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9330, -82.4832.

What county is 43008 in?

43008 lies in Licking County.

What area code is 43008?

Buckeye Lake uses area code 740, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43008 in?

43008 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43008?

About 2,434 people live in ZIP code 43008, in 1,014 households, at 1,620.5 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 43008?

$88,558 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43008?

The closest are 43025 (3.2 mi), 43046 (3.7 mi), 43030 (4.8 mi), 43076 (5.5 mi) and 43033 (6.5 mi).

Is 43008 a PO Box ZIP code?

43008 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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