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44842

ZIP 44842 is Loudonville, Ohio, mostly in Ashland County; area codes 567 and 419; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Ashland +2 more
Metro area
Ashland, OH
Population
5,326
Coordinates
40.6492, -82.2248
☼ Live from 44842 — Loudonville, OH

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Where 44842 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 44842
  • 🔢 Type 44842 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhBhh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 44,842 = 2 × 7 × 3203. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010111100101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 44841 (Kansas, OH, 70 mi away) and 44843 (Lucas, OH, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 44842 becomes 24844 — and that is a real ZIP code: Iaeger, WV, 220 miles away.
  • 👥 10 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24448, 24484, 24844, 28444, 44428, 44482, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84244 in Ogden, UT, 1,544 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 62% 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 44842 and you would come out at 40.65°S, 97.78°E — 1,169 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 05m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 15m.
  • 📏 At 72.8 square miles of land, 44842 is bigger than 70% of ZIP codes — room for about 55 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population5,326This ZIP5,326
Households2,163This ZIP2,163
Housing units2,511This ZIP2,511
Median age47.8This ZIP47.8Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$72,737This ZIP$72,737Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$206,700This ZIP$206,700Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$566This ZIP$566Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.4%This ZIP22.4%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density73.2 / sq miThis ZIP73.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments141This ZIP141
Employees1,342This ZIP1,342
Annual payroll$52,636,000This ZIP$52,636,000
Tax returns filed2,740This ZIP2,740
Total adjusted gross income$164,259,000This ZIP$164,259,000

Land area

Land area72.80 sq miThis ZIP72.80 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

Counties 44842 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Ashland County 71.1%
Holmes County 26.6%
Knox County 2.3%

Other place names in 44842

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ZIP codes near 44842

ZIPCityDistance
44638 Lakeville, OH 4.8 mi
44864 Perrysville, OH 5.2 mi
44661 Nashville, OH 7.2 mi
44628 Glenmont, OH 8.3 mi
44611 Big Prairie, OH 8.3 mi
44838 Hayesville, OH 8.6 mi
44843 Lucas, OH 10.0 mi
44840 Jeromesville, OH 10.2 mi
44676 Shreve, OH 10.4 mi
44822 Butler, OH 11.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 44842?

44842 is in Loudonville, Ohio, in Ashland County, part of the Ashland, OH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.6492, -82.2248.

What county is 44842 in?

44842 spans 3 counties: Ashland County, Holmes County and Knox County. Most of it falls in Ashland 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 44842?

Loudonville uses area codes 567 and 419, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 44842 in?

44842 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 44842?

About 5,326 people live in ZIP code 44842, in 2,163 households, at 73.2 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 44842?

$72,737 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 44842?

The closest are 44638 (4.8 mi), 44864 (5.2 mi), 44661 (7.2 mi), 44628 (8.3 mi) and 44611 (8.3 mi).

Is 44842 a PO Box ZIP code?

44842 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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