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66842

ZIP 66842 is Cassoday, Kansas, in Butler County; area code 620; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Butler
Metro area
Wichita, KS
Population
508
Coordinates
38.0248, -96.6570
☼ Live from 66842 — Cassoday, KS

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Where 66842 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 66842
  • 🔢 Type 66842 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhBgg — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 66,842 = 2 × 19 × 1759. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10000010100011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 66840 (Burns, KS, 12 mi away) and 66843 (Cedar Point, KS, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 66842 becomes 24866 — and that is a real ZIP code: Newhall, WV, 826 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (24866, 26684, 28466, 28646, 28664, 46268, …). The farthest-flung twin is 28466 in Wallace, NC, 1,067 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 73%.
  • 🎯162 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 66842 and you would come out at 38.02°S, 83.34°E — 1,018 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 119.4 square miles of land, 66842 is bigger than 82% of ZIP codes — room for about 91 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population508This ZIP508
Households200This ZIP200
Housing units292This ZIP292
Median age47.1This ZIP47.1Kansas37.4US 38.9
Median household income$73,125This ZIP$73,125Kansas$74,275US $80,734
Median home value$136,800This ZIP$136,800Kansas$217,200US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher37.0%This ZIP37.0%
Mean commute30.4 minThis ZIP30.4 min
Population density4.3 / sq miThis ZIP4.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees82This ZIP82
Annual payroll$1,648,000This ZIP$1,648,000
Tax returns filed130This ZIP130
Total adjusted gross income$9,590,000This ZIP$9,590,000

Land area

Land area119.45 sq miThis ZIP119.45 sq mi
Water area0.73 sq miThis ZIP0.73 sq mi

Other place names in 66842

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ZIP codes near 66842

ZIPCityDistance
66862 Matfield Green, KS 10.5 mi
66840 Burns, KS 12.5 mi
67132 Rosalia, KS 12.6 mi
67042 El Dorado, KS 13.4 mi
66843 Cedar Point, KS 14.4 mi
67123 Potwin, KS 19.2 mi
66851 Florence, KS 19.5 mi
66845 Cottonwood Falls, KS 20.6 mi
67045 Eureka, KS 21.7 mi
66853 Hamilton, KS 23.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 66842?

66842 is in Cassoday, Kansas, in Butler County, part of the Wichita, KS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0248, -96.6570.

What county is 66842 in?

66842 lies in Butler County.

What area code is 66842?

Cassoday uses area code 620, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 66842 in?

66842 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 66842?

About 508 people live in ZIP code 66842, in 200 households, at 4.3 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 66842?

$73,125 a year, against $74,275 across Kansas.

What ZIP codes are near 66842?

The closest are 66862 (10.5 mi), 66840 (12.5 mi), 67132 (12.6 mi), 67042 (13.4 mi) and 66843 (14.4 mi).

Is 66842 a PO Box ZIP code?

66842 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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