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43074

ZIP 43074 is Sunbury, Ohio, mostly in Delaware County; area codes 740 and 220; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Delaware +1 more
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Population
16,873
Coordinates
40.2695, -82.8507
☼ Live from 43074 — Sunbury, OH

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Where 43074 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43074
  • 🔢 Type 43074 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLOEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,074 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 2393. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100001000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43073 (Summit Station, OH, 20 mi away) and 43076 (Thornville, OH, 35 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43074 becomes 47034 — and that is a real ZIP code: Napoleon, IN, 151 miles away.
  • 👥 39 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03447, 04347, 04473, 04734, 04743, 30447, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73440 in Lebanon, OK, 886 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯831 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43074 and you would come out at 40.27°S, 97.15°E — 1,189 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 85.2 square miles of land, 43074 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 65 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,873This ZIP16,873
Households6,217This ZIP6,217
Housing units6,587This ZIP6,587
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$119,296This ZIP$119,296Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$426,100This ZIP$426,100Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,634This ZIP$1,634Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher44.7%This ZIP44.7%
Mean commute28.2 minThis ZIP28.2 min
Population density198.0 / sq miThis ZIP198.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments405This ZIP405
Employees4,774This ZIP4,774
Annual payroll$197,056,000This ZIP$197,056,000
Tax returns filed8,400This ZIP8,400
Total adjusted gross income$889,190,000This ZIP$889,190,000

Land area

Land area85.20 sq miThis ZIP85.20 sq mi
Water area0.92 sq miThis ZIP0.92 sq mi

Counties 43074 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Delaware County 97.9%
Licking County 2.1%

Other place names in 43074

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ZIP codes near 43074

ZIPCityDistance
43021 Galena, OH 4.7 mi
43032 Kilbourne, OH 7.0 mi
43082 Westerville, OH 8.1 mi
43013 Croton, OH 8.9 mi
43011 Centerburg, OH 9.3 mi
43334 Marengo, OH 9.3 mi
43035 Lewis Center, OH 9.6 mi
43240 Columbus, OH 11.1 mi
43081 Westerville, OH 11.2 mi
43015 Delaware, OH 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43074?

43074 is in Sunbury, Ohio, in Delaware County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2695, -82.8507.

What county is 43074 in?

43074 spans 2 counties: Delaware County and Licking County. Most of it falls in Delaware 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 43074?

Sunbury uses area codes 740 and 220, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43074 in?

43074 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43074?

About 16,873 people live in ZIP code 43074, in 6,217 households, at 198.0 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 43074?

$119,296 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43074?

The closest are 43021 (4.7 mi), 43032 (7 mi), 43082 (8.1 mi), 43013 (8.9 mi) and 43011 (9.3 mi).

Is 43074 a PO Box ZIP code?

43074 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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