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43948

ZIP 43948 is Smithfield, Ohio, in Jefferson County; area code 740; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Jefferson
Population
623
Coordinates
40.2683, -80.7800
☼ Live from 43948 — Smithfield, OH

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Where 43948 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43948
  • 🔢 Type 43948 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BhGEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,948 = 2 × 2 × 10987. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101110101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43947 (Shadyside, OH, 22 mi away) and 43950 (Saint Clairsville, OH, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43948 becomes 84934, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (34489, 34498, 34948, 34984, 38449, 38944, …). The farthest-flung twin is 93448 in Pismo Beach, CA, 2,189 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 71%.
  • 🎯940 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43948 and you would come out at 40.27°S, 99.22°E — 1,089 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 0.601 square miles of land, 43948 is bigger than 6% of ZIP codes — about 291 football fields.
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People and housing

Population623This ZIP623
Households251This ZIP251
Housing units318This ZIP318
Median age51.6This ZIP51.6Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$142,606This ZIP$142,606Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$78,500This ZIP$78,500Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$863This ZIP$863Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.4%This ZIP11.4%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density1,036.6 / sq miThis ZIP1,036.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees92This ZIP92
Annual payroll$1,350,000This ZIP$1,350,000

Land area

Land area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 43948

ZIPCityDistance
43941 Piney Fork, OH 3.0 mi
43917 Dillonvale, OH 3.7 mi
43943 Rayland, OH 4.8 mi
43901 Adena, OH 5.8 mi
43938 Mingo Junction, OH 5.9 mi
43939 Mount Pleasant, OH 7.1 mi
43953 Steubenville, OH 7.1 mi
26030 Beech Bottom, WV 7.2 mi
43913 Brilliant, OH 7.5 mi
43910 Bloomingdale, OH 7.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43948?

43948 is in Smithfield, Ohio, in Jefferson County, part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2683, -80.7800.

What county is 43948 in?

43948 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 43948?

Smithfield uses area code 740, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 43948 in?

43948 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43948?

About 623 people live in ZIP code 43948, in 251 households, at 1,036.6 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 43948?

$142,606 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43948?

The closest are 43941 (3 mi), 43917 (3.7 mi), 43943 (4.8 mi), 43901 (5.8 mi) and 43938 (5.9 mi).

Is 43948 a PO Box ZIP code?

43948 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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