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40070

ZIP 40070 is Sulphur, Kentucky, in Henry County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Henry
Population
360
Coordinates
38.4720, -85.2350
☼ Live from 40070 — Sulphur, KY

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Where 40070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40070
  • 🔢 Type 40070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,070 = 2 × 5 × 4007. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110010000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40069 (Springfield, KY, 52 mi away) and 40071 (Taylorsville, KY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40070 becomes 07004 — and that is a real ZIP code: Fairfield, NJ, 604 miles away.
  • 👥 9 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00704, 00740, 04007, 04070, 07004, 07040, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00740 in Puerto Real, PR, 1,823 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 55% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯720 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40070 and you would come out at 38.47°S, 94.76°E — 1,270 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 51m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 29m.
  • 📏 At 12.6 square miles of land, 40070 is bigger than 30% of ZIP codes — room for about 9.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population360This ZIP360
Households125This ZIP125
Housing units170This ZIP170
Median age37.8This ZIP37.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median home value$168,200This ZIP$168,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,523This ZIP$1,523Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher12.7%This ZIP12.7%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density28.6 / sq miThis ZIP28.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments6This ZIP6
Employees56This ZIP56
Annual payroll$3,146,000This ZIP$3,146,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$17,457,000This ZIP$17,457,000

Land area

Land area12.57 sq miThis ZIP12.57 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

ZIP codes near 40070

ZIPCityDistance
40050 New Castle, KY 3.3 mi
40058 Port Royal, KY 4.4 mi
40055 Pendleton, KY 5.2 mi
40011 Campbellsburg, KY 5.2 mi
40068 Smithfield, KY 6.4 mi
40019 Eminence, KY 7.6 mi
40075 Turners Station, KY 9.4 mi
40031 La Grange, KY 9.4 mi
40006 Bedford, KY 10.1 mi
40077 Westport, KY 11.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40070?

40070 is in Sulphur, Kentucky, in Henry County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.4720, -85.2350.

What county is 40070 in?

40070 lies in Henry County.

What area code is 40070?

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

What time zone is 40070 in?

40070 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40070?

About 360 people live in ZIP code 40070, in 125 households, at 28.6 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 40070?

The closest are 40050 (3.3 mi), 40058 (4.4 mi), 40055 (5.2 mi), 40011 (5.2 mi) and 40068 (6.4 mi).

Is 40070 a PO Box ZIP code?

40070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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