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72181

ZIP 72181 is Wooster, Arkansas, in Faulkner County; area code 501; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Faulkner
Population
37
Coordinates
35.1624, -92.4452
☼ Live from 72181 — Wooster, AR

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Where 72181 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 72181
  • 🔢 Type 72181 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IBIZL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 72,181 = 19 × 29 × 131. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10001100111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 72180 (Woodson, AR, 46 mi away) and 72182 (Wright, AR, 54 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 72181 becomes 18127, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11782, 12187, 12781, 12817, 12871, 17128, …). The farthest-flung twin is 12817 in Chestertown, NY, 1,150 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 73% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 62%.
  • 🎯466 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 72181 and you would come out at 35.16°S, 87.55°E — 1,315 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 32m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 47m.
  • 📏 At 1.3 square miles of land, 72181 is bigger than 9% of ZIP codes — about 609 football fields.
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People and housing

Population37This ZIP37
Households29This ZIP29
Housing units29This ZIP29
Median age53.0This ZIP53.0Arkansas38.5US 38.9
Median home value$275,000This ZIP$275,000Arkansas$188,000US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher24.3%This ZIP24.3%
Population density29.4 / sq miThis ZIP29.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees43This ZIP43
Annual payroll$1,968,000This ZIP$1,968,000

Land area

Land area1.26 sq miThis ZIP1.26 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

ZIP codes near 72181

ZIPCityDistance
72107 Menifee, AR 5.3 mi
72035 Conway, AR 5.8 mi
72033 Conway, AR 6.4 mi
72058 Greenbrier, AR 7.0 mi
72034 Conway, AR 7.7 mi
72032 Conway, AR 8.2 mi
72127 Plumerville, AR 9.1 mi
72157 Springfield, AR 10.3 mi
72039 Damascus, AR 13.7 mi
72106 Mayflower, AR 13.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 72181?

72181 is in Wooster, Arkansas, in Faulkner County, part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metropolitan area. Its published point location is 35.1624, -92.4452.

What county is 72181 in?

72181 lies in Faulkner County.

What area code is 72181?

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

What time zone is 72181 in?

72181 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 72181?

About 37 people live in ZIP code 72181, in 29 households, at 29.4 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 72181?

The closest are 72107 (5.3 mi), 72035 (5.8 mi), 72033 (6.4 mi), 72058 (7 mi) and 72034 (7.7 mi).

Is 72181 a PO Box ZIP code?

72181 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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