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43526

ZIP 43526 is Hicksville, Ohio, mostly in Defiance County; area codes 419 and 567; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Defiance +1 more
Metro area
Defiance, OH
Population
6,464
Coordinates
41.3121, -84.7308
☼ Live from 43526 — Hicksville, OH

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Where 43526 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43526
  • 🔢 Type 43526 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gZSEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,526 = 2 × 7 × 3109. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101000000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43525 (Haskins, OH, 54 mi away) and 43527 (Holgate, OH, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43526 becomes 62534 — and that is a real ZIP code: Findlay, IL, 247 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23456, 23465, 24536, 24563, 24635, 25364, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34265 in Arcadia, FL, 990 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯733 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43526 and you would come out at 41.31°S, 95.27°E — 1,307 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 76.1 square miles of land, 43526 is bigger than 71% of ZIP codes — room for about 58 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population6,464This ZIP6,464
Households2,260This ZIP2,260
Housing units2,350This ZIP2,350
Median age32.9This ZIP32.9Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$66,912This ZIP$66,912Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$168,400This ZIP$168,400Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$777This ZIP$777Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.3%This ZIP13.3%
Mean commute20.0 minThis ZIP20.0 min
Population density85.0 / sq miThis ZIP85.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments124This ZIP124
Employees1,743This ZIP1,743
Annual payroll$93,049,000This ZIP$93,049,000
Tax returns filed2,850This ZIP2,850
Total adjusted gross income$185,541,000This ZIP$185,541,000

Land area

Land area76.09 sq miThis ZIP76.09 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 43526 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Defiance County 93.1%
Paulding County 6.9%

Other place names in 43526

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

ZIP codes near 43526

ZIPCityDistance
43536 Mark Center, OH 5.0 mi
43520 Farmer, OH 6.8 mi
46785 Saint Joe, IN 7.7 mi
45813 Antwerp, OH 8.3 mi
43517 Edgerton, OH 8.4 mi
43556 Sherwood, OH 8.7 mi
46743 Harlan, IN 9.2 mi
46788 Spencerville, IN 9.6 mi
45821 Cecil, OH 10.6 mi
46721 Butler, IN 10.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43526?

43526 is in Hicksville, Ohio, in Defiance County, part of the Defiance, OH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3121, -84.7308.

What county is 43526 in?

43526 spans 2 counties: Defiance County and Paulding County. Most of it falls in Defiance 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 43526?

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

What time zone is 43526 in?

43526 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43526?

About 6,464 people live in ZIP code 43526, in 2,260 households, at 85.0 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 43526?

$66,912 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43526?

The closest are 43536 (5 mi), 43520 (6.8 mi), 46785 (7.7 mi), 45813 (8.3 mi) and 43517 (8.4 mi).

Is 43526 a PO Box ZIP code?

43526 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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