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43143

ZIP 43143 is Mount Sterling, Ohio, mostly in Madison County; area code 740; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Madison +2 more
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Population
5,803
Coordinates
39.7124, -83.2887
☼ Live from 43143 — Mount Sterling, OH

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Where 43143 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43143
  • 🔢 Type 43143 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EhIEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,143 = 3 × 73 × 197. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100010000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43142 (Milledgeville, OH, 18 mi away) and 43144 (Murray City, OH, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43143 becomes 34134 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bonita Springs, FL, 926 miles away.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14433, 33144, 33414, 33441, 34134, 34143, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33144 in Miami, FL, 979 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 54% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯811 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43143 and you would come out at 39.71°S, 96.71°E — 1,196 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 59m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 21m.
  • 📏 At 133.6 square miles of land, 43143 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 101 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,803This ZIP5,803
Households2,150This ZIP2,150
Housing units2,302This ZIP2,302
Median age39.5This ZIP39.5Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$100,333This ZIP$100,333Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$242,800This ZIP$242,800Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$853This ZIP$853Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.7%This ZIP17.7%
Mean commute37.3 minThis ZIP37.3 min
Population density43.4 / sq miThis ZIP43.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments72This ZIP72
Employees1,062This ZIP1,062
Annual payroll$50,489,000This ZIP$50,489,000
Tax returns filed2,790This ZIP2,790
Total adjusted gross income$194,449,000This ZIP$194,449,000

Land area

Land area133.64 sq miThis ZIP133.64 sq mi
Water area1.35 sq miThis ZIP1.35 sq mi

Counties 43143 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 53.5%
Pickaway County 29.2%
Fayette County 17.3%

Other place names in 43143

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ZIP codes near 43143

ZIPCityDistance
43117 Derby, OH 5.9 mi
43106 Bloomingburg, OH 8.3 mi
43146 Orient, OH 9.1 mi
43126 Harrisburg, OH 9.3 mi
43151 Sedalia, OH 10.1 mi
43145 New Holland, OH 10.5 mi
43164 Williamsport, OH 12.6 mi
43116 Commercial Point, OH 12.7 mi
43140 London, OH 13.8 mi
43123 Grove City, OH 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43143?

43143 is in Mount Sterling, Ohio, in Madison County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.7124, -83.2887.

What county is 43143 in?

43143 spans 3 counties: Madison County, Pickaway County and Fayette County. Most of it falls in Madison 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 43143?

Mount Sterling uses area code 740, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43143 in?

43143 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43143?

About 5,803 people live in ZIP code 43143, in 2,150 households, at 43.4 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 43143?

$100,333 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43143?

The closest are 43117 (5.9 mi), 43106 (8.3 mi), 43146 (9.1 mi), 43126 (9.3 mi) and 43151 (10.1 mi).

Is 43143 a PO Box ZIP code?

43143 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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