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44280

ZIP 44280 is Valley City, Ohio, mostly in Medina County; area codes 234 and 330; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Medina +1 more
Metro area
Cleveland, OH
Population
5,503
Coordinates
41.2403, -81.9278
☼ Live from 44280 — Valley City, OH

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Where 44280 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 44280
  • 🔢 Type 44280 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OBZhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,280 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 41. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010110011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44278 (Tallmadge, OH, 28 mi away) and 44281 (Wadsworth, OH, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44280 becomes 08244 — and that is a real ZIP code: Somers Point, NJ, 408 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04284, 04428, 08244, 24084, 28404, 40824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84042 in Lindon, UT, 1,552 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 69% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 67%.
  • 🎯878 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 44280 and you would come out at 41.24°S, 98.07°E — 1,174 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 09m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 12m.
  • 📏 At 25.4 square miles of land, 44280 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,503This ZIP5,503
Households2,072This ZIP2,072
Housing units2,257This ZIP2,257
Median age45.6This ZIP45.6Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$130,167This ZIP$130,167Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$386,000This ZIP$386,000Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,726This ZIP$1,726Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.5%This ZIP39.5%
Mean commute28.5 minThis ZIP28.5 min
Population density217.1 / sq miThis ZIP217.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments216This ZIP216
Employees3,560This ZIP3,560
Annual payroll$265,637,000This ZIP$265,637,000
Tax returns filed3,150This ZIP3,150
Total adjusted gross income$314,534,000This ZIP$314,534,000

Land area

Land area25.35 sq miThis ZIP25.35 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 44280 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Medina County 98.4%
Lorain County 1.6%

Other place names in 44280

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ZIP codes near 44280

ZIPCityDistance
44028 Columbia Station, OH 4.2 mi
44212 Brunswick, OH 5.1 mi
44044 Grafton, OH 6.2 mi
44149 Strongsville, OH 6.3 mi
44253 Litchfield, OH 7.7 mi
44256 Medina, OH 7.7 mi
44136 Strongsville, OH 7.9 mi
44258 Medina, OH 9.0 mi
44138 Olmsted Falls, OH 9.2 mi
44017 Berea, OH 9.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44280?

44280 is in Valley City, Ohio, in Medina County, part of the Cleveland, OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.2403, -81.9278.

What county is 44280 in?

44280 spans 2 counties: Medina County and Lorain County. Most of it falls in Medina County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 44280?

Valley City uses area codes 234 and 330, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 44280 in?

44280 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 44280?

About 5,503 people live in ZIP code 44280, in 2,072 households, at 217.1 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 44280?

$130,167 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 44280?

The closest are 44028 (4.2 mi), 44212 (5.1 mi), 44044 (6.2 mi), 44149 (6.3 mi) and 44253 (7.7 mi).

Is 44280 a PO Box ZIP code?

44280 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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