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44012

ZIP 44012 is Avon Lake, Ohio, in Lorain County; area code 440; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lorain
Metro area
Cleveland, OH
Population
25,752
Coordinates
41.4973, -82.0175
☼ Live from 44012 — Avon Lake, OH

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Where 44012 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 44012
  • 🔢 Type 44012 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZIOhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,012 = 2 × 2 × 11003. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010101111101100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44011 (Avon, OH, 4 mi away) and 44017 (Berea, OH, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44012 becomes 21044 — and that is a real ZIP code: Columbia, MD, 313 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01244, 02144, 04124, 04241, 04412, 04421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04412 in Brewer, ME, 706 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯874 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44012 and you would come out at 41.50°S, 97.98°E — 1,186 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 11.1 square miles of land, 44012 is bigger than 29% of ZIP codes — room for about 8.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population25,752This ZIP25,752
Households10,896This ZIP10,896
Housing units11,289This ZIP11,289
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$115,567This ZIP$115,567Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$368,300This ZIP$368,300Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,537This ZIP$1,537Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.7%This ZIP56.7%
Mean commute28.9 minThis ZIP28.9 min
Population density2,313.7 / sq miThis ZIP2,313.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments470This ZIP470
Employees7,027This ZIP7,027
Annual payroll$523,882,000This ZIP$523,882,000
Tax returns filed13,280This ZIP13,280
Total adjusted gross income$1,707,188,000This ZIP$1,707,188,000

Land area

Land area11.13 sq miThis ZIP11.13 sq mi
Water area2.70 sq miThis ZIP2.70 sq mi

Other place names in 44012

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ZIP codes near 44012

ZIPCityDistance
44011 Avon, OH 3.7 mi
44054 Sheffield Lake, OH 4.2 mi
44140 Bay Village, OH 4.6 mi
44145 Westlake, OH 5.6 mi
44036 Elyria, OH 7.3 mi
44055 Lorain, OH 7.5 mi
44070 North Olmsted, OH 7.6 mi
44039 North Ridgeville, OH 7.9 mi
44052 Lorain, OH 8.2 mi
44116 Rocky River, OH 8.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44012?

44012 is in Avon Lake, Ohio, in Lorain County, part of the Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4973, -82.0175.

What county is 44012 in?

44012 lies in Lorain County.

What area code is 44012?

Avon Lake uses area code 440, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 44012 in?

44012 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 44012?

About 25,752 people live in ZIP code 44012, in 10,896 households, at 2,313.7 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 44012?

$115,567 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 44012?

The closest are 44011 (3.7 mi), 44054 (4.2 mi), 44140 (4.6 mi), 44145 (5.6 mi) and 44036 (7.3 mi).

Is 44012 a PO Box ZIP code?

44012 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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