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71642

ZIP 71642 is Fountain Hill, Arkansas, mostly in Ashley County; area code 870; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Ashley +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
759
Coordinates
33.3885, -91.8761
☼ Live from 71642 — Fountain Hill, AR

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Where 71642 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 71642
  • 🔢 Type 71642 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhgIL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 71,642 = 2 × 113 × 317. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001011111011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 71640 (Eudora, AR, 41 mi away) and 71643 (Gould, AR, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 71642 becomes 24617, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 52 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12746, 12764, 14267, 14276, 14627, 14726, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12746 in Huguenot, NY, 1,094 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯579 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 71642 and you would come out at 33.39°S, 88.12°E — 1,434 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 56m.
  • 📏 At 69.2 square miles of land, 71642 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population759This ZIP759
Households219This ZIP219
Housing units336This ZIP336
Median age25.1This ZIP25.1Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median home value$185,900This ZIP$185,900Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher14.6%This ZIP14.6%
Mean commute16.8 minThis ZIP16.8 min
Population density11.0 / sq miThis ZIP11.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed200This ZIP200
Total adjusted gross income$10,822,000This ZIP$10,822,000

Land area

Land area69.22 sq miThis ZIP69.22 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Counties 71642 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Ashley County 57.8%
Drew County 42.2%

Other place names in 71642

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

ZIP codes near 71642

ZIPCityDistance
71646 Hamburg, AR 13.8 mi
71647 Hermitage, AR 13.8 mi
71675 Wilmar, AR 15.5 mi
71656 Monticello, AR 17.3 mi
71657 Monticello, AR 17.3 mi
71658 Montrose, AR 18.0 mi
71655 Monticello, AR 18.5 mi
71635 Crossett, AR 19.2 mi
71671 Warren, AR 19.4 mi
71638 Dermott, AR 24.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 71642?

71642 is in Fountain Hill, Arkansas, in Ashley County. Its published point location is 33.3885, -91.8761.

What county is 71642 in?

71642 spans 2 counties: Ashley County and Drew County. Most of it falls in Ashley 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 71642?

Fountain Hill uses area code 870, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 71642 in?

71642 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 71642?

About 759 people live in ZIP code 71642, in 219 households, at 11.0 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 71642?

The closest are 71646 (13.8 mi), 71647 (13.8 mi), 71675 (15.5 mi), 71656 (17.3 mi) and 71657 (17.3 mi).

Is 71642 a PO Box ZIP code?

71642 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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