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44040

ZIP 44040 is Gates Mills, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County; area code 440; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Cuyahoga
Metro area
Cleveland, OH
Population
3,063
Coordinates
41.5310, -81.4112
☼ Live from 44040 — Gates Mills, OH

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Where 44040 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 44040
  • 🔢 Type 44040 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhOhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,040 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 367. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010110000001000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44039 (North Ridgeville, OH, 33 mi away) and 44041 (Geneva, OH, 29 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44040 becomes 04044, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 3 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (40404, 40440, 44004). The farthest-flung twin is 40440 in Junction City, KY, 328 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 71% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 69%.
  • 🎯906 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44040 and you would come out at 41.53°S, 98.59°E — 1,159 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 11m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 10m.
  • 📏 At 9.8 square miles of land, 44040 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,063This ZIP3,063
Households1,177This ZIP1,177
Housing units1,223This ZIP1,223
Median age55.4This ZIP55.4Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$228,942This ZIP$228,942Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$587,700This ZIP$587,700Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,875This ZIP$2,875Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher62.8%This ZIP62.8%
Mean commute19.2 minThis ZIP19.2 min
Population density311.9 / sq miThis ZIP311.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments67This ZIP67
Employees878This ZIP878
Annual payroll$45,462,000This ZIP$45,462,000
Tax returns filed1,650This ZIP1,650
Total adjusted gross income$666,324,000This ZIP$666,324,000

Land area

Land area9.82 sq miThis ZIP9.82 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 44040

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

ZIP codes near 44040

ZIPCityDistance
44143 Cleveland, OH 3.6 mi
44124 Cleveland, OH 3.8 mi
44073 Novelty, OH 4.4 mi
44026 Chesterland, OH 4.5 mi
44092 Wickliffe, OH 5.5 mi
44094 Willoughby, OH 5.7 mi
44022 Chagrin Falls, OH 5.9 mi
44072 Novelty, OH 6.1 mi
44121 Cleveland, OH 6.3 mi
44117 Euclid, OH 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44040?

44040 is in Gates Mills, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County, part of the Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.5310, -81.4112.

What county is 44040 in?

44040 lies in Cuyahoga County.

What area code is 44040?

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

What time zone is 44040 in?

44040 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 44040?

About 3,063 people live in ZIP code 44040, in 1,177 households, at 311.9 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 44040?

$228,942 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 44040?

The closest are 44143 (3.6 mi), 44124 (3.8 mi), 44073 (4.4 mi), 44026 (4.5 mi) and 44092 (5.5 mi).

Is 44040 a PO Box ZIP code?

44040 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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