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44074

ZIP 44074 is Oberlin, Ohio, in Lorain County; area code 440; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lorain
Metro area
Cleveland, OH
Population
11,745
Coordinates
41.2890, -82.2360
☼ Live from 44074 — Oberlin, OH

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Where 44074 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 44074
  • 🔢 Type 44074 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hLOhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,074 = 2 × 22037. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010110000101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44073 (Novelty, OH, 49 mi away) and 44076 (Orwell, OH, 75 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44074 becomes 47044, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04474, 04744, 07444, 40447, 40744, 44047, …). The farthest-flung twin is 70444 in Kentwood, LA, 852 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 66%.
  • 🎯863 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44074 and you would come out at 41.29°S, 97.76°E — 1,189 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 10m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 11m.
  • 📏 At 50.9 square miles of land, 44074 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 39 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,745This ZIP11,745
Households3,807This ZIP3,807
Housing units4,078This ZIP4,078
Median age37.0This ZIP37.0Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$80,801This ZIP$80,801Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$234,200This ZIP$234,200Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$964This ZIP$964Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.7%This ZIP42.7%
Mean commute21.1 minThis ZIP21.1 min
Population density230.7 / sq miThis ZIP230.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments241This ZIP241
Employees5,659This ZIP5,659
Annual payroll$211,194,000This ZIP$211,194,000
Tax returns filed4,530This ZIP4,530
Total adjusted gross income$388,990,000This ZIP$388,990,000

Land area

Land area50.92 sq miThis ZIP50.92 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Other place names in 44074

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

ZIP codes near 44074

ZIPCityDistance
44049 Kipton, OH 3.9 mi
44001 Amherst, OH 5.5 mi
44050 Lagrange, OH 6.2 mi
44816 Birmingham, OH 6.9 mi
44035 Elyria, OH 7.6 mi
44889 Wakeman, OH 8.2 mi
44090 Wellington, OH 8.4 mi
44053 Lorain, OH 9.8 mi
44044 Grafton, OH 10.2 mi
44089 Vermilion, OH 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44074?

44074 is in Oberlin, Ohio, in Lorain County, part of the Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2890, -82.2360.

What county is 44074 in?

44074 lies in Lorain County.

What area code is 44074?

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

What time zone is 44074 in?

44074 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 44074?

About 11,745 people live in ZIP code 44074, in 3,807 households, at 230.7 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 44074?

$80,801 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 44074?

The closest are 44049 (3.9 mi), 44001 (5.5 mi), 44050 (6.2 mi), 44816 (6.9 mi) and 44035 (7.6 mi).

Is 44074 a PO Box ZIP code?

44074 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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