Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/43215

43215

ZIP 43215 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County; area codes 614 and 380; Eastern time. Columbus has 45 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Franklin
Metro area
Columbus, OH
Population
17,836
Coordinates
39.9669, -83.0130
☼ Live from 43215 — Columbus, OH

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 43215 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43215
  • 🔢 Type 43215 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIZEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,215 = 3 × 5 × 43 × 67. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100011001111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43214 (Columbus, OH, 6 mi away) and 43216 (Columbus, OH, 0 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43215 becomes 51234 — and that is a real ZIP code: Boyden, IA, 707 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12345, 12435, 12453, 12534, 12543, 13425, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34251 in Myakka City, FL, 871 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯824 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43215 and you would come out at 39.97°S, 96.99°E — 1,189 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 20m.
  • 📏 At 5.1 square miles of land, 43215 is bigger than 19% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.9 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 43215 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population17,836This ZIP17,836
Households12,373This ZIP12,373
Housing units14,574This ZIP14,574
Median age31.2This ZIP31.2Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$74,087This ZIP$74,087Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$551,200This ZIP$551,200Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,551This ZIP$1,551Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher70.2%This ZIP70.2%
Mean commute17.1 minThis ZIP17.1 min
Population density3,470.0 / sq miThis ZIP3,470.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,664This ZIP2,664
Employees81,402This ZIP81,402
Annual payroll$7,433,176,000This ZIP$7,433,176,000
Tax returns filed11,610This ZIP11,610
Total adjusted gross income$1,845,690,000This ZIP$1,845,690,000

Land area

Land area5.14 sq miThis ZIP5.14 sq mi
Water area0.53 sq miThis ZIP0.53 sq mi

Other place names in 43215

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

ZIP codes near 43215

ZIPCityDistance
43086 Westerville, OH 0.2 mi
43199 Groveport, OH 0.2 mi
43216 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43226 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43234 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43251 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43260 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43266 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43268 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi
43270 Columbus, OH 0.2 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 43215 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43215?

43215 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.9669, -83.0130.

What county is 43215 in?

43215 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 43215?

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

What time zone is 43215 in?

43215 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43215?

About 17,836 people live in ZIP code 43215, in 12,373 households, at 3,470.0 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 43215?

$74,087 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43215?

The closest are 43086 (0.2 mi), 43199 (0.2 mi), 43216 (0.2 mi), 43226 (0.2 mi) and 43234 (0.2 mi).

Is 43215 a PO Box ZIP code?

43215 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “43215 ZIP Code — Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/43215

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/43215.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.