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43420

ZIP 43420 is Fremont, Ohio, mostly in Sandusky County; area codes 419 and 567; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Sandusky +1 more
Metro area
Fremont, OH
Population
29,520
Coordinates
41.3579, -83.1102
☼ Live from 43420 — Fremont, OH

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Where 43420 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43420
  • 🔢 Type 43420 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OZhEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,420 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 13 × 167. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100110011100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43416 (Elmore, OH, 12 mi away) and 43430 (Genoa, OH, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43420 becomes 02434, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02344, 03244, 03442, 04234, 04243, 04342, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34024 in APO AA, a military post office, 1,899 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 63%.
  • 🎯817 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43420 and you would come out at 41.36°S, 96.89°E — 1,232 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 136.3 square miles of land, 43420 is bigger than 85% of ZIP codes — room for about 103 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population29,520This ZIP29,520
Households12,637This ZIP12,637
Housing units13,786This ZIP13,786
Median age41.4This ZIP41.4Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$61,331This ZIP$61,331Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$152,900This ZIP$152,900Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$807This ZIP$807Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.9%This ZIP18.9%
Mean commute19.6 minThis ZIP19.6 min
Population density216.6 / sq miThis ZIP216.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments754This ZIP754
Employees13,114This ZIP13,114
Annual payroll$652,489,000This ZIP$652,489,000
Tax returns filed14,990This ZIP14,990
Total adjusted gross income$860,552,000This ZIP$860,552,000

Land area

Land area136.32 sq miThis ZIP136.32 sq mi
Water area4.01 sq miThis ZIP4.01 sq mi

Counties 43420 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Sandusky County 99.8%
Ottawa County 0.2%

Other place names in 43420

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

ZIP codes near 43420

ZIPCityDistance
43442 Lindsey, OH 7.2 mi
44861 Old Fort, OH 8.2 mi
43410 Clyde, OH 8.5 mi
44836 Green Springs, OH 8.7 mi
43407 Burgoon, OH 9.1 mi
44815 Bettsville, OH 10.2 mi
43464 Vickery, OH 10.5 mi
43435 Helena, OH 10.7 mi
43439 Lacarne, OH 11.6 mi
43416 Elmore, OH 11.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43420?

43420 is in Fremont, Ohio, in Sandusky County, part of the Fremont, OH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3579, -83.1102.

What county is 43420 in?

43420 spans 2 counties: Sandusky County and Ottawa County. Most of it falls in Sandusky 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 43420?

Fremont uses area codes 419 and 567, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43420 in?

43420 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43420?

About 29,520 people live in ZIP code 43420, in 12,637 households, at 216.6 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 43420?

$61,331 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43420?

The closest are 43442 (7.2 mi), 44861 (8.2 mi), 43410 (8.5 mi), 44836 (8.7 mi) and 43407 (9.1 mi).

Is 43420 a PO Box ZIP code?

43420 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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