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43342

ZIP 43342 is Prospect, Ohio, mostly in Marion County; area codes 220 and 740; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Marion +2 more
Metro area
Marion, OH
Population
3,836
Coordinates
40.4712, -83.1840
☼ Live from 43342 — Prospect, OH

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Where 43342 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43342
  • 🔢 Type 43342 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhEEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,342 = 2 × 13 × 1667. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100101001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43341 (New Bloomington, OH, 11 mi away) and 43343 (Quincy, OH, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43342 becomes 24334, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23434, 23443, 24343, 24433, 32344, 32434, …). The farthest-flung twin is 33442 in Deerfield Beach, FL, 994 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯813 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43342 and you would come out at 40.47°S, 96.82°E — 1,210 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 04m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 17m.
  • 📏 At 42.7 square miles of land, 43342 is bigger than 55% of ZIP codes — room for about 32 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,836This ZIP3,836
Households1,496This ZIP1,496
Housing units1,569This ZIP1,569
Median age39.2This ZIP39.2Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$84,803This ZIP$84,803Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$176,100This ZIP$176,100Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$950This ZIP$950Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher24.4%This ZIP24.4%
Mean commute45.2 minThis ZIP45.2 min
Population density89.8 / sq miThis ZIP89.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments41This ZIP41
Employees238This ZIP238
Annual payroll$8,979,000This ZIP$8,979,000
Tax returns filed1,700This ZIP1,700
Total adjusted gross income$124,363,000This ZIP$124,363,000

Land area

Land area42.70 sq miThis ZIP42.70 sq mi
Water area0.14 sq miThis ZIP0.14 sq mi

Counties 43342 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Marion County 88.7%
Union County 6.7%
Delaware County 4.6%

Other place names in 43342

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

ZIP codes near 43342

ZIPCityDistance
43322 Green Camp, OH 4.4 mi
43066 Radnor, OH 4.8 mi
43356 Waldo, OH 7.6 mi
43344 Richwood, OH 8.9 mi
43036 Magnetic Springs, OH 9.2 mi
43302 Marion, OH 9.3 mi
43341 New Bloomington, OH 11.0 mi
43301 Marion, OH 11.7 mi
43003 Ashley, OH 12.0 mi
43061 Ostrander, OH 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43342?

43342 is in Prospect, Ohio, in Marion County, part of the Marion, OH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.4712, -83.1840.

What county is 43342 in?

43342 spans 3 counties: Marion County, Union County and Delaware County. Most of it falls in Marion 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 43342?

Prospect uses area codes 220 and 740, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43342 in?

43342 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43342?

About 3,836 people live in ZIP code 43342, in 1,496 households, at 89.8 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 43342?

$84,803 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43342?

The closest are 43322 (4.4 mi), 43066 (4.8 mi), 43356 (7.6 mi), 43344 (8.9 mi) and 43036 (9.2 mi).

Is 43342 a PO Box ZIP code?

43342 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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