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43981

ZIP 43981 is New Athens, Ohio, in Harrison County; area code 740; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Harrison
Metro area
none
Population
239
Coordinates
40.1844, -80.9943
☼ Live from 43981 — New Athens, OH

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Where 43981 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 43981
  • 🔢 Type 43981 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBGEh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 43,981 = 7 × 61 × 103. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101111001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 43977 (Flushing, OH, 7 mi away) and 43983 (Piedmont, OH, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 43981 becomes 18934 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mechanicsville, PA, 313 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (13489, 13849, 14839, 14893, 18349, 18439, …). The farthest-flung twin is 98314 in Bremerton, WA, 2,109 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 70%.
  • 🎯929 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 43981 and you would come out at 40.18°S, 99.01°E — 1,097 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 02m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 0.237 square miles of land, 43981 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 115 football fields.
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People and housing

Population239This ZIP239
Households105This ZIP105
Housing units130This ZIP130
Median age56.7This ZIP56.7Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$56,458This ZIP$56,458Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$152,500This ZIP$152,500Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$713This ZIP$713Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.6%This ZIP18.6%
Mean commute24.2 minThis ZIP24.2 min
Population density1,008.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,008.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees6This ZIP6
Annual payroll$290,000This ZIP$290,000

Land area

Land area0.24 sq miThis ZIP0.24 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 43981

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ZIP codes near 43981

ZIPCityDistance
43907 Cadiz, OH 4.6 mi
43951 Lafferty, OH 4.9 mi
43927 Fairpoint, OH 5.2 mi
43974 Harrisville, OH 5.6 mi
43972 Bannock, OH 5.8 mi
43977 Flushing, OH 6.8 mi
43950 Saint Clairsville, OH 7.1 mi
43901 Adena, OH 7.1 mi
43937 Maynard, OH 7.2 mi
43985 Holloway, OH 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 43981?

43981 is in New Athens, Ohio, in Harrison County. Its published point location is 40.1844, -80.9943.

What county is 43981 in?

43981 lies in Harrison County.

What area code is 43981?

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

What time zone is 43981 in?

43981 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 43981?

About 239 people live in ZIP code 43981, in 105 households, at 1,008.4 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 43981?

$56,458 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 43981?

The closest are 43907 (4.6 mi), 43951 (4.9 mi), 43927 (5.2 mi), 43974 (5.6 mi) and 43972 (5.8 mi).

Is 43981 a PO Box ZIP code?

43981 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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