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40051

ZIP 40051 is New Haven, Kentucky, mostly in Nelson County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Nelson +2 more
Population
4,658
Coordinates
37.6521, -85.5795
☼ Live from 40051 — New Haven, KY

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Where 40051 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40051
  • 🔢 Type 40051 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ISOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,051 = 11 × 11 × 331. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110001110011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40050 (New Castle, KY, 60 mi away) and 40052 (New Hope, KY, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40051 becomes 15004 — and that is a real ZIP code: Atlasburg, PA, 335 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01054, 01450, 01504, 01540, 04015, 04051, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04105 in Falmouth, ME, 903 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯716 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40051 and you would come out at 37.65°S, 94.42°E — 1,275 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 90.8 square miles of land, 40051 is bigger than 75% of ZIP codes — room for about 69 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,658This ZIP4,658
Households1,737This ZIP1,737
Housing units2,105This ZIP2,105
Median age35.0This ZIP35.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$80,337This ZIP$80,337Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$212,900This ZIP$212,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$821This ZIP$821Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.0%This ZIP14.0%
Mean commute29.0 minThis ZIP29.0 min
Population density51.3 / sq miThis ZIP51.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments61This ZIP61
Employees519This ZIP519
Annual payroll$22,256,000This ZIP$22,256,000
Tax returns filed2,120This ZIP2,120
Total adjusted gross income$120,322,000This ZIP$120,322,000

Land area

Land area90.78 sq miThis ZIP90.78 sq mi
Water area1.16 sq miThis ZIP1.16 sq mi

Counties 40051 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Nelson County 67.9%
Larue County 28.8%
Hardin County 3.3%

Other place names in 40051

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

ZIP codes near 40051

ZIPCityDistance
40107 Boston, KY 5.2 mi
40052 New Hope, KY 6.0 mi
40062 Saint Francis, KY 8.2 mi
42748 Hodgenville, KY 8.6 mi
40037 Loretto, KY 8.9 mi
40060 Raywick, KY 9.8 mi
40049 Nerinx, KY 10.1 mi
40004 Bardstown, KY 12.0 mi
42716 Buffalo, KY 12.2 mi
40063 Saint Mary, KY 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40051?

40051 is in New Haven, Kentucky, in Nelson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.6521, -85.5795.

What county is 40051 in?

40051 spans 3 counties: Nelson County, Larue County and Hardin County. Most of it falls in Nelson 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 40051?

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

What time zone is 40051 in?

40051 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40051?

About 4,658 people live in ZIP code 40051, in 1,737 households, at 51.3 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 40051?

$80,337 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40051?

The closest are 40107 (5.2 mi), 40052 (6 mi), 40062 (8.2 mi), 42748 (8.6 mi) and 40037 (8.9 mi).

Is 40051 a PO Box ZIP code?

40051 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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