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66442

ZIP 66442 is Fort Riley, Kansas, mostly in Riley County; area code 785; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Riley +1 more
Metro area
Manhattan, KS
Population
16,890
Coordinates
39.0917, -96.7901
☼ Live from 66442 — Fort Riley, KS

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Where 66442 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66442
  • 🔢 Type 66442 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: Zhhgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,442 = 2 × 139 × 239. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000001110001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66441 (Junction City, KS, 8 mi away) and 66449 (Leonardville, KS, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66442 becomes 24466, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24646, 44266, 44626, 44662, 46624, 62446, …). The farthest-flung twin is 44266 in Ravenna, OH, 835 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯108 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66442 and you would come out at 39.09°S, 83.21°E — 954 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 34.0 square miles of land, 66442 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,890This ZIP16,890
Households4,076This ZIP4,076
Housing units4,260This ZIP4,260
Median age23.0This ZIP23.0Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$51,610This ZIP$51,610Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median gross rent$1,323This ZIP$1,323Kansas$1,060US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher25.3%This ZIP25.3%
Mean commute9.0 minThis ZIP9.0 min
Population density497.2 / sq miThis ZIP497.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments53This ZIP53
Employees1,276This ZIP1,276
Annual payroll$77,399,000This ZIP$77,399,000
Tax returns filed4,830This ZIP4,830
Total adjusted gross income$226,034,000This ZIP$226,034,000

Land area

Land area33.97 sq miThis ZIP33.97 sq mi
Water area0.51 sq miThis ZIP0.51 sq mi

Counties 66442 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Riley County 61.2%
Geary County 38.8%

Other place names in 66442

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

ZIP codes near 66442

ZIPCityDistance
66517 Ogden, KS 4.9 mi
66514 Milford, KS 5.2 mi
66441 Junction City, KS 8.2 mi
66503 Manhattan, KS 13.0 mi
66506 Manhattan, KS 13.3 mi
66502 Manhattan, KS 14.4 mi
67431 Chapman, KS 15.4 mi
66531 Riley, KS 15.5 mi
67487 Wakefield, KS 15.7 mi
66505 Manhattan, KS 16.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66442?

66442 is in Fort Riley, Kansas, in Riley County, part of the Manhattan, KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0917, -96.7901.

What county is 66442 in?

66442 spans 2 counties: Riley County and Geary County. Most of it falls in Riley 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 66442?

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

What time zone is 66442 in?

66442 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66442?

About 16,890 people live in ZIP code 66442, in 4,076 households, at 497.2 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 66442?

$51,610 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66442?

The closest are 66517 (4.9 mi), 66514 (5.2 mi), 66441 (8.2 mi), 66503 (13 mi) and 66506 (13.3 mi).

Is 66442 a PO Box ZIP code?

66442 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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