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40050

ZIP 40050 is New Castle, Kentucky, in Henry County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Henry
Population
2,045
Coordinates
38.4559, -85.1780
☼ Live from 40050 — New Castle, KY

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Where 40050 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40050
  • 🔢 Type 40050 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,050 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 89. Its digits add up to 9, a total 375 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110001110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40049 (Nerinx, KY, 56 mi away) and 40051 (New Haven, KY, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40050 becomes 05004, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 4 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04005, 04050, 05040, 50040). The farthest-flung twin is 04050 in Long Island, ME, 860 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯724 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40050 and you would come out at 38.46°S, 94.82°E — 1,266 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
  • 📏 At 17.2 square miles of land, 40050 is bigger than 35% of ZIP codes — room for about 13 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,045This ZIP2,045
Households827This ZIP827
Housing units886This ZIP886
Median age37.9This ZIP37.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$44,688This ZIP$44,688Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$127,300This ZIP$127,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$722This ZIP$722Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.5%This ZIP28.5%
Mean commute35.3 minThis ZIP35.3 min
Population density118.6 / sq miThis ZIP118.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments37This ZIP37
Employees287This ZIP287
Annual payroll$9,822,000This ZIP$9,822,000
Tax returns filed710This ZIP710
Total adjusted gross income$42,725,000This ZIP$42,725,000

Land area

Land area17.24 sq miThis ZIP17.24 sq mi
Water area0.47 sq miThis ZIP0.47 sq mi

Other place names in 40050

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

ZIP codes near 40050

ZIPCityDistance
40058 Port Royal, KY 1.7 mi
40070 Sulphur, KY 3.3 mi
40011 Campbellsburg, KY 5.0 mi
40019 Eminence, KY 5.8 mi
40068 Smithfield, KY 7.5 mi
40057 Pleasureville, KY 8.4 mi
40055 Pendleton, KY 8.5 mi
40075 Turners Station, KY 8.5 mi
40007 Bethlehem, KY 9.7 mi
40363 Perry Park, KY 10.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40050?

40050 is in New Castle, Kentucky, in Henry County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.4559, -85.1780.

What county is 40050 in?

40050 lies in Henry County.

What area code is 40050?

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

What time zone is 40050 in?

40050 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40050?

About 2,045 people live in ZIP code 40050, in 827 households, at 118.6 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 40050?

$44,688 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40050?

The closest are 40058 (1.7 mi), 40070 (3.3 mi), 40011 (5 mi), 40019 (5.8 mi) and 40068 (7.5 mi).

Is 40050 a PO Box ZIP code?

40050 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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