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43147

ZIP 43147 is Pickerington, Ohio, mostly in Fairfield County; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fairfield +2 more
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Population
46,963
Coordinates
39.8978, -82.7440
☼ Live from 43147 — Pickerington, OH

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Where 43147 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43147
  • 🔢 Type 43147 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhIEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,147 = 13 × 3319. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100010001011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43146 (Orient, OH, 23 mi away) and 43148 (Pleasantville, OH, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43147 becomes 74134 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tulsa, OK, 756 miles away.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13744, 14437, 14743, 17344, 31744, 34471, …). The farthest-flung twin is 73441 in Leon, OK, 911 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 64%.
  • 🎯839 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43147 and you would come out at 39.90°S, 97.26°E — 1,174 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 00m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 29.9 square miles of land, 43147 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population46,963This ZIP46,963
Households15,741This ZIP15,741
Housing units16,474This ZIP16,474
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$126,534This ZIP$126,534Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$348,300This ZIP$348,300Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,634This ZIP$1,634Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher48.9%This ZIP48.9%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density1,570.0 / sq miThis ZIP1,570.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments758This ZIP758
Employees8,148This ZIP8,148
Annual payroll$310,120,000This ZIP$310,120,000
Tax returns filed23,260This ZIP23,260
Total adjusted gross income$2,189,272,000This ZIP$2,189,272,000

Land area

Land area29.91 sq miThis ZIP29.91 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 43147 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Fairfield County 98.4%
Licking County 0.9%
Franklin County 0.6%

Other place names in 43147

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ZIP codes near 43147

ZIPCityDistance
43068 Reynoldsburg, OH 4.6 mi
43109 Brice, OH 4.8 mi
43069 Reynoldsburg, OH 4.9 mi
43018 Etna, OH 5.3 mi
43110 Canal Winchester, OH 5.7 mi
43073 Summit Station, OH 6.8 mi
43232 Columbus, OH 6.9 mi
43105 Baltimore, OH 7.3 mi
43136 Lithopolis, OH 7.6 mi
43112 Carroll, OH 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43147?

43147 is in Pickerington, Ohio, in Fairfield County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.8978, -82.7440.

What county is 43147 in?

43147 spans 3 counties: Fairfield County, Licking County and Franklin County. Most of it falls in Fairfield 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 time zone is 43147 in?

43147 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43147?

About 46,963 people live in ZIP code 43147, in 15,741 households, at 1,570.0 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 43147?

$126,534 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43147?

The closest are 43068 (4.6 mi), 43109 (4.8 mi), 43069 (4.9 mi), 43018 (5.3 mi) and 43110 (5.7 mi).

Is 43147 a PO Box ZIP code?

43147 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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