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44036

ZIP 44036 is in Elyria, Ohio, in Lorain County; area code 440; Eastern time. Elyria has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 44035.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lorain
Metro area
Cleveland, OH
Coordinates
41.4015, -82.0771

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 44035, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 44036 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 44036
  • 🔢 Type 44036 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gEOhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,036 = 2 × 2 × 101 × 109. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010110000000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44035 (Elyria, OH, 4 mi away) and 44039 (North Ridgeville, OH, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44036 becomes 63044 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bridgeton, MO, 477 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03446, 03464, 04346, 04364, 04463, 04634, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34046 in APO AA, a military post office, 1,913 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 70% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯871 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44036 and you would come out at 41.40°S, 97.92°E — 1,186 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
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Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees261This ZIP261
Annual payroll$9,026,000This ZIP$9,026,000

Land area

ZIP codes near 44036

ZIPCityDistance
44039 North Ridgeville, OH 3.2 mi
44055 Lorain, OH 3.7 mi
44035 Elyria, OH 3.7 mi
44011 Avon, OH 4.8 mi
44054 Sheffield Lake, OH 4.9 mi
44052 Lorain, OH 6.2 mi
44012 Avon Lake, OH 7.3 mi
44053 Lorain, OH 7.8 mi
44138 Olmsted Falls, OH 8.2 mi
44070 North Olmsted, OH 8.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44036?

44036 is in Elyria, Ohio, in Lorain County, part of the Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.4015, -82.0771.

What county is 44036 in?

44036 lies in Lorain County.

What area code is 44036?

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

What time zone is 44036 in?

44036 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 44036?

The closest are 44039 (3.2 mi), 44055 (3.7 mi), 44035 (3.7 mi), 44011 (4.8 mi) and 44054 (4.9 mi).

Is 44036 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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