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72176

ZIP 72176 is Ward, Arkansas, mostly in Lonoke County; area code 501; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lonoke +1 more
Population
8,678
Coordinates
34.9928, -91.8518
☼ Live from 72176 — Ward, AR

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Where 72176 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72176
  • 🔢 Type 72176 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLIZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,176 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13 × 347. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100111110000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72175 (Wabbaseka, AR, 46 mi away) and 72178 (West Point, AR, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72176 becomes 67127 — and that is a real ZIP code: Protection, KS, 452 miles away.
  • 👥 29 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12767, 12776, 16727, 17267, 17726, 17762, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12776 in Roscoe, NY, 1,030 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 74% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 61%.
  • 🎯498 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72176 and you would come out at 34.99°S, 88.15°E — 1,345 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 31m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 48m.
  • 📏 At 70.4 square miles of land, 72176 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,678This ZIP8,678
Households3,180This ZIP3,180
Housing units3,556This ZIP3,556
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median household income$68,840This ZIP$68,840Arkansas$60,773US $80,734
Median home value$176,000This ZIP$176,000Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Median gross rent$982This ZIP$982Arkansas$947US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.2%This ZIP20.2%
Mean commute32.1 minThis ZIP32.1 min
Population density123.3 / sq miThis ZIP123.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments60This ZIP60
Employees354This ZIP354
Annual payroll$13,099,000This ZIP$13,099,000
Tax returns filed4,020This ZIP4,020
Total adjusted gross income$242,258,000This ZIP$242,258,000

Land area

Land area70.37 sq miThis ZIP70.37 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 72176 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lonoke County 67.0%
Prairie County 33.0%

Other place names in 72176

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ZIP codes near 72176

ZIPCityDistance
72007 Austin, AR 7.2 mi
72066 Hickory Plains, AR 7.7 mi
72012 Beebe, AR 8.6 mi
72102 Mc Rae, AR 10.4 mi
72052 Garner, AR 11.1 mi
72023 Cabot, AR 12.2 mi
72068 Higginson, AR 12.8 mi
72086 Lonoke, AR 13.2 mi
72045 El Paso, AR 14.5 mi
72060 Griffithville, AR 17.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72176?

72176 is in Ward, Arkansas, in Lonoke County, part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 34.9928, -91.8518.

What county is 72176 in?

72176 spans 2 counties: Lonoke County and Prairie County. Most of it falls in Lonoke 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 72176?

Ward uses area code 501, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 72176 in?

72176 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72176?

About 8,678 people live in ZIP code 72176, in 3,180 households, at 123.3 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 72176?

$68,840 a year, against $60,773 across Arkansas.

What ZIP codes are near 72176?

The closest are 72007 (7.2 mi), 72066 (7.7 mi), 72012 (8.6 mi), 72102 (10.4 mi) and 72052 (11.1 mi).

Is 72176 a PO Box ZIP code?

72176 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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