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43218

ZIP 43218 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
0
Coordinates
40.0176, -82.9237
☼ Live from 43218 — Columbus, OH

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Where 43218 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43218
  • 🔢 Type 43218 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIZEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,218 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 7 × 7 × 7 × 7. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100011010010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43217 (Columbus, OH, 14 mi away) and 43219 (Columbus, OH, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43218 becomes 81234, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 55 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12438, 12483, 12834, 12843, 13428, 13482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83214 in Arimo, ID, 1,528 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯829 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43218 and you would come out at 40.02°S, 97.08°E — 1,185 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 01m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 0.092 square miles of land, 43218 is bigger than 1% of ZIP codes — about 45 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees243This ZIP243
Annual payroll$17,717,000This ZIP$17,717,000

Land area

Land area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 43218

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ZIP codes near 43218

ZIPCityDistance
43219 Columbus, OH 0.7 mi
43211 Columbus, OH 2.5 mi
43224 Columbus, OH 2.7 mi
43230 Columbus, OH 3.0 mi
43203 Columbus, OH 3.9 mi
43231 Columbus, OH 4.3 mi
43209 Columbus, OH 4.4 mi
43201 Columbus, OH 4.5 mi
43213 Columbus, OH 4.5 mi
43205 Columbus, OH 4.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43218?

43218 is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County, part of the Columbus, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.0176, -82.9237.

What county is 43218 in?

43218 lies in Franklin County.

What area code is 43218?

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

What time zone is 43218 in?

43218 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43218?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 43218. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 43218?

The closest are 43219 (0.7 mi), 43211 (2.5 mi), 43224 (2.7 mi), 43230 (3 mi) and 43203 (3.9 mi).

Is 43218 a PO Box ZIP code?

43218 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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