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40076

ZIP 40076 is Waddy, Kentucky, mostly in Shelby County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Shelby +3 more
Population
2,898
Coordinates
38.1137, -85.0861
☼ Live from 40076 — Waddy, KY

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Where 40076 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40076
  • 🔢 Type 40076 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gLOOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,076 = 2 × 2 × 43 × 233. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110010001100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40075 (Turners Station, KY, 31 mi away) and 40077 (Westport, KY, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40076 becomes 67004 — and that is a real ZIP code: Argonia, KS, 695 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00647, 00674, 04076, 04607, 04760, 06074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00647 in Ensenada, PR, 1,771 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 56%.
  • 🎯734 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40076 and you would come out at 38.11°S, 94.91°E — 1,256 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 57.2 square miles of land, 40076 is bigger than 63% of ZIP codes — room for about 43 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,898This ZIP2,898
Households1,064This ZIP1,064
Housing units1,117This ZIP1,117
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$91,786This ZIP$91,786Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$259,100This ZIP$259,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$975This ZIP$975Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%This ZIP22.5%
Mean commute31.1 minThis ZIP31.1 min
Population density50.7 / sq miThis ZIP50.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments44This ZIP44
Employees1,939This ZIP1,939
Annual payroll$81,606,000This ZIP$81,606,000
Tax returns filed1,260This ZIP1,260
Total adjusted gross income$88,772,000This ZIP$88,772,000

Land area

Land area57.19 sq miThis ZIP57.19 sq mi
Water area0.54 sq miThis ZIP0.54 sq mi

Counties 40076 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Shelby County 86.9%
Anderson County 8.6%
Franklin County 3.7%
Spencer County 0.7%

ZIP codes near 40076

ZIPCityDistance
40046 Mount Eden, KY 7.7 mi
40066 Shelbyville, KY 9.0 mi
40065 Shelbyville, KY 9.5 mi
40342 Lawrenceburg, KY 9.9 mi
40003 Bagdad, KY 11.5 mi
40621 Frankfort, KY 13.0 mi
40622 Frankfort, KY 13.0 mi
40602 Frankfort, KY 14.2 mi
40603 Frankfort, KY 14.2 mi
40604 Frankfort, KY 14.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40076?

40076 is in Waddy, Kentucky, in Shelby County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1137, -85.0861.

What county is 40076 in?

40076 spans 4 counties: Shelby County, Anderson County, Franklin County and Spencer County. Most of it falls in Shelby 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 40076?

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

What time zone is 40076 in?

40076 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40076?

About 2,898 people live in ZIP code 40076, in 1,064 households, at 50.7 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 40076?

$91,786 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40076?

The closest are 40046 (7.7 mi), 40066 (9 mi), 40065 (9.5 mi), 40342 (9.9 mi) and 40003 (11.5 mi).

Is 40076 a PO Box ZIP code?

40076 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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