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43556

ZIP 43556 is Sherwood, Ohio, in Defiance County; area code 419; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Defiance
Metro area
Defiance, OH
Population
1,670
Coordinates
41.3033, -84.5637
☼ Live from 43556 — Sherwood, OH

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Where 43556 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43556
  • 🔢 Type 43556 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSSEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,556 = 2 × 2 × 10889. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101000100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43555 (Ridgeville Corners, OH, 18 mi away) and 43557 (Stryker, OH, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43556 becomes 65534 — and that is a real ZIP code: Laquey, MO, 480 miles away.
  • 👥 34 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34655, 35456, 35546, 35564, 35645, 35654, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34655 in New Port Richey, FL, 911 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯742 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43556 and you would come out at 41.30°S, 95.44°E — 1,299 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 32.0 square miles of land, 43556 is bigger than 47% of ZIP codes — room for about 24 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,670This ZIP1,670
Households606This ZIP606
Housing units689This ZIP689
Median age36.7This ZIP36.7Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$73,125This ZIP$73,125Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$195,900This ZIP$195,900Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$940This ZIP$940Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher15.9%This ZIP15.9%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density52.2 / sq miThis ZIP52.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees142This ZIP142
Annual payroll$5,934,000This ZIP$5,934,000
Tax returns filed860This ZIP860
Total adjusted gross income$51,453,000This ZIP$51,453,000

Land area

Land area31.98 sq miThis ZIP31.98 sq mi
Water area0.22 sq miThis ZIP0.22 sq mi

Other place names in 43556

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ZIP codes near 43556

ZIPCityDistance
43536 Mark Center, OH 3.7 mi
43549 Ney, OH 4.9 mi
45821 Cecil, OH 5.4 mi
43520 Farmer, OH 6.5 mi
43526 Hicksville, OH 8.7 mi
43512 Defiance, OH 10.7 mi
43506 Bryan, OH 11.3 mi
43519 Evansport, OH 11.4 mi
45813 Antwerp, OH 11.7 mi
45879 Paulding, OH 12.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43556?

43556 is in Sherwood, Ohio, in Defiance County, part of the Defiance, OH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.3033, -84.5637.

What county is 43556 in?

43556 lies in Defiance County.

What area code is 43556?

Sherwood uses area code 419, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43556 in?

43556 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43556?

About 1,670 people live in ZIP code 43556, in 606 households, at 52.2 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 43556?

$73,125 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43556?

The closest are 43536 (3.7 mi), 43549 (4.9 mi), 45821 (5.4 mi), 43520 (6.5 mi) and 43526 (8.7 mi).

Is 43556 a PO Box ZIP code?

43556 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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