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40045

ZIP 40045 is Milton, Kentucky, mostly in Trimble County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Trimble +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
3,251
Coordinates
38.6936, -85.3546
☼ Live from 40045 — Milton, KY

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Where 40045 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40045
  • 🔢 Type 40045 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ShOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,045 = 5 × 8009. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110001101101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40041 (Masonic Home, KY, 35 mi away) and 40046 (Mount Eden, KY, 47 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40045 becomes 54004 — and that is a real ZIP code: Clayton, WI, 573 miles away.
  • 👥 14 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00544, 04054, 04450, 05404, 05440, 40405, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04450 in Kenduskeag, ME, 947 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 53% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯711 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40045 and you would come out at 38.69°S, 94.65°E — 1,280 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 27m.
  • 📏 At 50.0 square miles of land, 40045 is bigger than 60% of ZIP codes — room for about 38 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,251This ZIP3,251
Households1,363This ZIP1,363
Housing units1,605This ZIP1,605
Median age45.0This ZIP45.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$76,607This ZIP$76,607Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$174,700This ZIP$174,700Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$854This ZIP$854Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher20.5%This ZIP20.5%
Mean commute24.8 minThis ZIP24.8 min
Population density65.0 / sq miThis ZIP65.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments32This ZIP32
Employees330This ZIP330
Annual payroll$13,047,000This ZIP$13,047,000
Tax returns filed1,390This ZIP1,390
Total adjusted gross income$83,106,000This ZIP$83,106,000

Land area

Land area50.00 sq miThis ZIP50.00 sq mi
Water area2.47 sq miThis ZIP2.47 sq mi

Counties 40045 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Trimble County 72.4%
Carroll County 27.6%

Other place names in 40045

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

ZIP codes near 40045

ZIPCityDistance
40006 Bedford, KY 6.8 mi
47243 Hanover, IN 7.1 mi
47250 Madison, IN 8.2 mi
41008 Carrollton, KY 10.1 mi
47104 Bethlehem, IN 10.2 mi
47147 Nabb, IN 11.7 mi
47138 Lexington, IN 12.4 mi
47162 New Washington, IN 12.4 mi
40055 Pendleton, KY 13.8 mi
40077 Westport, KY 14.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40045?

40045 is in Milton, Kentucky, in Trimble County. Its published point location is 38.6936, -85.3546.

What county is 40045 in?

40045 spans 2 counties: Trimble County and Carroll County. Most of it falls in Trimble 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 40045?

Milton uses area code 502, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40045 in?

40045 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40045?

About 3,251 people live in ZIP code 40045, in 1,363 households, at 65.0 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 40045?

$76,607 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40045?

The closest are 40006 (6.8 mi), 47243 (7.1 mi), 47250 (8.2 mi), 41008 (10.1 mi) and 47104 (10.2 mi).

Is 40045 a PO Box ZIP code?

40045 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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