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40142

ZIP 40142 is Guston, Kentucky, mostly in Meade County; area codes 270 and 364; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Meade +1 more
Population
2,253
Coordinates
37.8932, -86.2041
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Where 40142 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40142
  • 🔢 Type 40142 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhIOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,142 = 2 × 20071. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110011001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40140 (Garfield, KY, 12 mi away) and 40143 (Hardinsburg, KY, 18 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40142 becomes 24104 — and that is a real ZIP code: Huddleston, VA, 372 miles away.
  • 👥 36 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01244, 02144, 04124, 04241, 04412, 04421, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04412 in Brewer, ME, 1,021 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯679 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40142 and you would come out at 37.89°S, 93.80°E — 1,312 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
  • 📏 At 45.2 square miles of land, 40142 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,253This ZIP2,253
Households838This ZIP838
Housing units896This ZIP896
Median age38.5This ZIP38.5Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$81,037This ZIP$81,037Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$166,100This ZIP$166,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher10.0%This ZIP10.0%
Mean commute25.7 minThis ZIP25.7 min
Population density49.8 / sq miThis ZIP49.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments9This ZIP9
Employees28This ZIP28
Annual payroll$1,187,000This ZIP$1,187,000
Tax returns filed990This ZIP990
Total adjusted gross income$67,286,000This ZIP$67,286,000

Land area

Land area45.24 sq miThis ZIP45.24 sq mi
Water area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi

Counties 40142 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 93.6%
Breckinridge County 6.4%

ZIP codes near 40142

ZIPCityDistance
40117 Ekron, KY 4.4 mi
40108 Brandenburg, KY 5.6 mi
40146 Irvington, KY 7.0 mi
40175 Vine Grove, KY 8.1 mi
40176 Webster, KY 8.1 mi
40115 Custer, KY 10.0 mi
47142 Mauckport, IN 11.6 mi
40155 Muldraugh, KY 12.1 mi
40140 Garfield, KY 12.1 mi
47135 Laconia, IN 12.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40142?

40142 is in Guston, Kentucky, in Meade County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.8932, -86.2041.

What county is 40142 in?

40142 spans 2 counties: Meade County and Breckinridge County. Most of it falls in Meade 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 40142?

Guston uses area codes 270 and 364, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40142 in?

40142 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40142?

About 2,253 people live in ZIP code 40142, in 838 households, at 49.8 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 40142?

$81,037 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40142?

The closest are 40117 (4.4 mi), 40108 (5.6 mi), 40146 (7 mi), 40175 (8.1 mi) and 40176 (8.1 mi).

Is 40142 a PO Box ZIP code?

40142 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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