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43438

ZIP 43438 is Kelleys Island, Ohio, in Erie County; area codes 419 and 567; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Erie
Metro area
Sandusky, OH
Population
128
Coordinates
41.6026, -82.7065
☼ Live from 43438 — Kelleys Island, OH

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Where 43438 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43438
  • 🔢 Type 43438 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BEhEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,438 = 2 × 37 × 587. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010100110101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43437 (Jerry City, OH, 52 mi away) and 43439 (Lacarne, OH, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43438 becomes 83434 — and that is a real ZIP code: Menan, ID, 1,488 miles away.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (33448, 33484, 33844, 34483, 38344, 43348, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83344 in Murtaugh, ID, 1,605 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% 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 43438 and you would come out at 41.60°S, 97.29°E — 1,221 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
  • 📏 At 4.3 square miles of land, 43438 is bigger than 18% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population128This ZIP128
Households61This ZIP61
Housing units1,009This ZIP1,009
Median age69.0This ZIP69.0Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$82,917This ZIP$82,917Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$346,400This ZIP$346,400Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher53.4%This ZIP53.4%
Population density29.4 / sq miThis ZIP29.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$5,627,000This ZIP$5,627,000

Land area

Land area4.35 sq miThis ZIP4.35 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Other place names in 43438

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

ZIP codes near 43438

ZIPCityDistance
43440 Lakeside Marblehead, OH 6.9 mi
43456 Put In Bay, OH 7.0 mi
43446 Middle Bass, OH 7.3 mi
43436 Isle Saint George, OH 9.8 mi
44871 Sandusky, OH 10.6 mi
43433 Gypsum, OH 11.3 mi
44870 Sandusky, OH 12.7 mi
43452 Port Clinton, OH 14.4 mi
44824 Castalia, OH 16.0 mi
43464 Vickery, OH 17.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43438?

43438 is in Kelleys Island, Ohio, in Erie County, part of the Sandusky, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6026, -82.7065.

What county is 43438 in?

43438 lies in Erie County.

What area code is 43438?

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

What time zone is 43438 in?

43438 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43438?

About 128 people live in ZIP code 43438, in 61 households, at 29.4 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 43438?

$82,917 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43438?

The closest are 43440 (6.9 mi), 43456 (7 mi), 43446 (7.3 mi), 43436 (9.8 mi) and 44871 (10.6 mi).

Is 43438 a PO Box ZIP code?

43438 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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