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66042

ZIP 66042 is Lane, Kansas, mostly in Franklin County; area code 785; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Franklin +1 more
Metro area
Ottawa, KS
Population
929
Coordinates
38.4228, -95.0799
☼ Live from 66042 — Lane, KS

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Where 66042 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66042
  • 🔢 Type 66042 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhOgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,042 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 1223. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000000111111010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66041 (Lancaster, KS, 82 mi away) and 66043 (Lansing, KS, 58 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66042 becomes 24066 — and that is a real ZIP code: Buchanan, VA, 840 miles away.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02466, 02646, 02664, 04266, 04626, 04662, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04626 in Cutler, ME, 1,495 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 69%.
  • 🎯211 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66042 and you would come out at 38.42°S, 84.92°E — 1,048 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 66042 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population929This ZIP929
Households340This ZIP340
Housing units426This ZIP426
Median age28.6This ZIP28.6Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$67,813This ZIP$67,813Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median home value$185,900This ZIP$185,900Kansas$217,200US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,342This ZIP$1,342Kansas$1,060US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.2%This ZIP11.2%
Mean commute47.1 minThis ZIP47.1 min
Population density31.3 / sq miThis ZIP31.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees16This ZIP16
Annual payroll$664,000This ZIP$664,000
Tax returns filed350This ZIP350
Total adjusted gross income$22,215,000This ZIP$22,215,000

Land area

Land area29.72 sq miThis ZIP29.72 sq mi
Water area0.32 sq miThis ZIP0.32 sq mi

Counties 66042 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Franklin County 62.0%
Miami County 38.0%

Other place names in 66042

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ZIP codes near 66042

ZIPCityDistance
66033 Greeley, KS 5.1 mi
66064 Osawatomie, KS 6.3 mi
66079 Rantoul, KS 8.6 mi
66072 Parker, KS 9.2 mi
66080 Richmond, KS 9.5 mi
66078 Princeton, KS 10.5 mi
66026 Fontana, KS 11.7 mi
66014 Centerville, KS 14.3 mi
66032 Garnett, KS 14.7 mi
66071 Paola, KS 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66042?

66042 is in Lane, Kansas, in Franklin County, part of the Ottawa, KS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.4228, -95.0799.

What county is 66042 in?

66042 spans 2 counties: Franklin County and Miami County. Most of it falls in Franklin 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 66042?

Lane uses area code 785, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66042 in?

66042 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66042?

About 929 people live in ZIP code 66042, in 340 households, at 31.3 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 66042?

$67,813 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66042?

The closest are 66033 (5.1 mi), 66064 (6.3 mi), 66079 (8.6 mi), 66072 (9.2 mi) and 66080 (9.5 mi).

Is 66042 a PO Box ZIP code?

66042 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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