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45050

ZIP 45050 is Monroe, Ohio, mostly in Butler County; area code 513; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Butler +1 more
Population
12,248
Coordinates
39.4444, -84.3659
☼ Live from 45050 — Monroe, OH

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Where 45050 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 45050
  • 🔢 Type 45050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOSh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 45,050 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 17 × 53. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010111111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 45044 (Middletown, OH, 4 mi away) and 45051 (Mount Saint Joseph, OH, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 45050 becomes 05054 — and that is a real ZIP code: North Thetford, VT, 698 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04055, 05045, 05054, 05405, 05450, 40055, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04055 in Naples, ME, 773 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯756 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 45050 and you would come out at 39.44°S, 95.63°E — 1,244 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
  • 📏 At 8.4 square miles of land, 45050 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population12,248This ZIP12,248
Households4,288This ZIP4,288
Housing units4,288This ZIP4,288
Median age36.8This ZIP36.8Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$104,282This ZIP$104,282Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$293,100This ZIP$293,100Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,590This ZIP$1,590Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.0%This ZIP41.0%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density1,453.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,453.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments401This ZIP401
Employees8,122This ZIP8,122
Annual payroll$433,021,000This ZIP$433,021,000
Tax returns filed5,850This ZIP5,850
Total adjusted gross income$453,393,000This ZIP$453,393,000

Land area

Land area8.43 sq miThis ZIP8.43 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Counties 45050 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Butler County 82.9%
Warren County 17.1%

Other place names in 45050

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

ZIP codes near 45050

ZIPCityDistance
45044 Middletown, OH 3.5 mi
45040 Mason, OH 7.1 mi
45067 Trenton, OH 7.1 mi
45005 Franklin, OH 7.1 mi
45011 Hamilton, OH 7.1 mi
45069 West Chester, OH 7.4 mi
45055 Overpeck, OH 7.8 mi
45036 Lebanon, OH 8.0 mi
45071 West Chester, OH 8.1 mi
45042 Middletown, OH 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 45050?

45050 is in Monroe, Ohio, in Butler County, part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4444, -84.3659.

What county is 45050 in?

45050 spans 2 counties: Butler County and Warren County. Most of it falls in Butler 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 45050?

Monroe uses area code 513, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 45050 in?

45050 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 45050?

About 12,248 people live in ZIP code 45050, in 4,288 households, at 1,453.4 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 45050?

$104,282 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 45050?

The closest are 45044 (3.5 mi), 45040 (7.1 mi), 45067 (7.1 mi), 45005 (7.1 mi) and 45011 (7.1 mi).

Is 45050 a PO Box ZIP code?

45050 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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