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40046

ZIP 40046 is Mount Eden, Kentucky, mostly in Spencer County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Spencer +2 more
Population
1,122
Coordinates
38.0239, -85.1698
☼ Live from 40046 — Mount Eden, KY

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Where 40046 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40046
  • 🔢 Type 40046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,046 = 2 × 20023. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110001101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40045 (Milton, KY, 47 mi away) and 40047 (Mount Washington, KY, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40046 becomes 64004, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 15 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04046, 04064, 04406, 04460, 04640, 06404, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04460 in Medway, ME, 1,003 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯731 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40046 and you would come out at 38.02°S, 94.83°E — 1,259 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 49.0 square miles of land, 40046 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,122This ZIP1,122
Households452This ZIP452
Housing units546This ZIP546
Median age44.3This ZIP44.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$66,000This ZIP$66,000Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$221,000This ZIP$221,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher9.4%This ZIP9.4%
Mean commute33.2 minThis ZIP33.2 min
Population density22.9 / sq miThis ZIP22.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees29This ZIP29
Annual payroll$1,127,000This ZIP$1,127,000
Tax returns filed820This ZIP820
Total adjusted gross income$53,442,000This ZIP$53,442,000

Land area

Land area48.96 sq miThis ZIP48.96 sq mi
Water area2.04 sq miThis ZIP2.04 sq mi

Counties 40046 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Spencer County 75.8%
Anderson County 16.9%
Shelby County 7.4%

ZIP codes near 40046

ZIPCityDistance
40012 Chaplin, KY 7.7 mi
40076 Waddy, KY 7.7 mi
40008 Bloomfield, KY 9.8 mi
40342 Lawrenceburg, KY 11.1 mi
40071 Taylorsville, KY 11.4 mi
40066 Shelbyville, KY 12.2 mi
40022 Finchville, KY 12.9 mi
40065 Shelbyville, KY 13.2 mi
40020 Fairfield, KY 13.4 mi
40078 Willisburg, KY 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40046?

40046 is in Mount Eden, Kentucky, in Spencer County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0239, -85.1698.

What county is 40046 in?

40046 spans 3 counties: Spencer County, Anderson County and Shelby County. Most of it falls in Spencer 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 40046?

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

What time zone is 40046 in?

40046 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40046?

About 1,122 people live in ZIP code 40046, in 452 households, at 22.9 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 40046?

$66,000 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40046?

The closest are 40012 (7.7 mi), 40076 (7.7 mi), 40008 (9.8 mi), 40342 (11.1 mi) and 40071 (11.4 mi).

Is 40046 a PO Box ZIP code?

40046 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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