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43081

ZIP 43081 is in Westerville, Ohio, mostly in Franklin County; area codes 614 and 380; Eastern time. Westerville has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 43082 and 43086.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin +1 more
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Population
65,020
Coordinates
40.1104, -82.8906
☼ Live from 43081 — Westerville, OH

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Where 43081 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43081
  • 🔢 Type 43081 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBOEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,081 = 67 × 643. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100001001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43080 (Utica, OH, 26 mi away) and 43082 (Westerville, OH, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43081 becomes 18034 — and that is a real ZIP code: Center Valley, PA, 395 miles away.
  • 👥 54 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01438, 01834, 01843, 03814, 03841, 08314, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84013 in Cedar Valley, UT, 1,534 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯830 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43081 and you would come out at 40.11°S, 97.11°E — 1,186 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 25.1 square miles of land, 43081 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population65,020This ZIP65,020
Households27,397This ZIP27,397
Housing units28,986This ZIP28,986
Median age36.3This ZIP36.3Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$92,422This ZIP$92,422Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$329,800This ZIP$329,800Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,522This ZIP$1,522Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher54.0%This ZIP54.0%
Mean commute20.6 minThis ZIP20.6 min
Population density2,588.9 / sq miThis ZIP2,588.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,339This ZIP1,339
Employees27,088This ZIP27,088
Annual payroll$1,741,131,000This ZIP$1,741,131,000
Tax returns filed34,550This ZIP34,550
Total adjusted gross income$2,894,833,000This ZIP$2,894,833,000

Land area

Land area25.12 sq miThis ZIP25.12 sq mi
Water area1.15 sq miThis ZIP1.15 sq mi

Counties 43081 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Franklin County 99.4%
Delaware County 0.7%

Other place names in 43081

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ZIP codes near 43081

ZIPCityDistance
43082 Westerville, OH 3.1 mi
43231 Columbus, OH 3.3 mi
43229 Columbus, OH 4.9 mi
43230 Columbus, OH 5.1 mi
43240 Columbus, OH 5.4 mi
43054 New Albany, OH 5.4 mi
43224 Columbus, OH 6.1 mi
43236 Columbus, OH 6.4 mi
43085 Columbus, OH 6.5 mi
43021 Galena, OH 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43081?

43081 is in Westerville, Ohio, in Franklin County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1104, -82.8906.

What county is 43081 in?

43081 spans 2 counties: Franklin County and Delaware County. Most of it falls in Franklin 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 43081?

Westerville uses area codes 614 and 380, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43081 in?

43081 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43081?

About 65,020 people live in ZIP code 43081, in 27,397 households, at 2,588.9 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 43081?

$92,422 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43081?

The closest are 43082 (3.1 mi), 43231 (3.3 mi), 43229 (4.9 mi), 43230 (5.1 mi) and 43240 (5.4 mi).

Is 43081 a PO Box ZIP code?

43081 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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