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45816

ZIP 45816 is Benton Ridge, Ohio, in Hancock County; area code 419; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Hancock
Metro area
Findlay, OH
Population
351
Coordinates
41.0045, -83.7940
☼ Live from 45816 — Benton Ridge, OH

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Where 45816 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 45816
  • 🔢 Type 45816 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gIBSh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 45,816 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 23 × 83. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011001011111000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 45815 (Belmore, OH, 13 mi away) and 45817 (Bluffton, OH, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 45816 becomes 61854 — and that is a real ZIP code: Mansfield, IL, 255 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (14568, 14586, 14856, 14865, 15468, 15486, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85614 in Green Valley, AZ, 1,629 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 67% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯781 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 45816 and you would come out at 41.00°S, 96.21°E — 1,254 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 08m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 13m.
  • 📏 At 0.264 square miles of land, 45816 is bigger than 3% of ZIP codes — about 128 football fields.
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People and housing

Population351This ZIP351
Households145This ZIP145
Housing units152This ZIP152
Median age41.3This ZIP41.3Ohio39.7US 38.9
Median household income$76,719This ZIP$76,719Ohio$71,389US $80,734
Median home value$125,700This ZIP$125,700Ohio$214,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$625This ZIP$625Ohio$1,034US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.5%This ZIP18.5%
Mean commute25.2 minThis ZIP25.2 min
Population density1,329.5 / sq miThis ZIP1,329.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments3This ZIP3
Employees9This ZIP9
Annual payroll$243,000This ZIP$243,000

Land area

Land area0.26 sq miThis ZIP0.26 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 45816

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

ZIP codes near 45816

ZIPCityDistance
45868 Mount Cory, OH 3.8 mi
45881 Rawson, OH 4.1 mi
45858 Mc Comb, OH 7.1 mi
45840 Findlay, OH 7.7 mi
45877 Pandora, OH 7.9 mi
45839 Findlay, OH 8.0 mi
45841 Jenera, OH 9.1 mi
45817 Bluffton, OH 9.9 mi
45814 Arlington, OH 12.3 mi
43529 Hoytville, OH 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 45816?

45816 is in Benton Ridge, Ohio, in Hancock County, part of the Findlay, OH micropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.0045, -83.7940.

What county is 45816 in?

45816 lies in Hancock County.

What area code is 45816?

Benton Ridge uses area code 419, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 45816 in?

45816 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 45816?

About 351 people live in ZIP code 45816, in 145 households, at 1,329.5 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 45816?

$76,719 a year, against $71,389 across Ohio.

What ZIP codes are near 45816?

The closest are 45868 (3.8 mi), 45881 (4.1 mi), 45858 (7.1 mi), 45840 (7.7 mi) and 45877 (7.9 mi).

Is 45816 a PO Box ZIP code?

45816 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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