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43972

ZIP 43972 is Bannock, Ohio, in Belmont County; area code 740; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Belmont
Metro area
Wheeling, WV-OH
Population
109
Coordinates
40.1018, -80.9737
☼ Live from 43972 — Bannock, OH

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Where 43972 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43972
  • 🔢 Type 43972 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZLGEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,972 = 2 × 2 × 10993. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101111000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43971 (Yorkville, OH, 14 mi away) and 43973 (Freeport, OH, 17 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43972 becomes 27934, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23479, 23947, 23974, 24739, 27349, 27943, …). The farthest-flung twin is 97423 in Coquille, OR, 2,216 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯931 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43972 and you would come out at 40.10°S, 99.03°E — 1,094 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 19m.
  • 📏 At 0.132 square miles of land, 43972 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 64 football fields.
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People and housing

Population109This ZIP109
Households92This ZIP92
Housing units113This ZIP113
Median age88.0This ZIP88.0Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$29,182This ZIP$29,182Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$94,000This ZIP$94,000Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher4.6%This ZIP4.6%
Population density825.8 / sq miThis ZIP825.8 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 43972

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

ZIP codes near 43972

ZIPCityDistance
43951 Lafferty, OH 2.2 mi
43927 Fairpoint, OH 2.4 mi
43950 Saint Clairsville, OH 2.6 mi
43967 Warnock, OH 5.4 mi
43937 Maynard, OH 5.5 mi
43759 Morristown, OH 5.8 mi
43981 New Athens, OH 5.8 mi
43718 Belmont, OH 6.1 mi
43974 Harrisville, OH 7.2 mi
43905 Barton, OH 7.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43972?

43972 is in Bannock, Ohio, in Belmont County, part of the Wheeling, WV-OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.1018, -80.9737.

What county is 43972 in?

43972 lies in Belmont County.

What area code is 43972?

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

What time zone is 43972 in?

43972 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43972?

About 109 people live in ZIP code 43972, in 92 households, at 825.8 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 43972?

$29,182 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43972?

The closest are 43951 (2.2 mi), 43927 (2.4 mi), 43950 (2.6 mi), 43967 (5.4 mi) and 43937 (5.5 mi).

Is 43972 a PO Box ZIP code?

43972 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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