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40157

ZIP 40157 is Payneville, Kentucky, mostly in Meade County; area code 270; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Meade +1 more
Population
854
Coordinates
38.0234, -86.3755
☼ Live from 40157 — Payneville, KY

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Where 40157 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40157
  • 🔢 Type 40157 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LSIOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,157 = 13 × 3089. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40155 (Muldraugh, KY, 21 mi away) and 40159 (Radcliff, KY, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40157 becomes 75104 — and that is a real ZIP code: Cedar Hill, TX, 705 miles away.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01475, 01745, 01754, 04571, 04751, 05471, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04751 in Limestone, ME, 1,117 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 53%.
  • 🎯667 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40157 and you would come out at 38.02°S, 93.62°E — 1,323 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 32.3 square miles of land, 40157 is bigger than 48% of ZIP codes — room for about 25 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population854This ZIP854
Households346This ZIP346
Housing units346This ZIP346
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$58,750This ZIP$58,750Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$245,000This ZIP$245,000Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher12.5%This ZIP12.5%
Mean commute40.7 minThis ZIP40.7 min
Population density26.4 / sq miThis ZIP26.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees17This ZIP17
Annual payroll$389,000This ZIP$389,000
Tax returns filed440This ZIP440
Total adjusted gross income$29,813,000This ZIP$29,813,000

Land area

Land area32.30 sq miThis ZIP32.30 sq mi
Water area0.16 sq miThis ZIP0.16 sq mi

Counties 40157 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Meade County 90.1%
Breckinridge County 9.9%

ZIP codes near 40157

ZIPCityDistance
40161 Rhodelia, KY 1.8 mi
40171 Union Star, KY 4.9 mi
40104 Battletown, KY 4.9 mi
40170 Stephensport, KY 7.2 mi
40176 Webster, KY 8.1 mi
47137 Leavenworth, IN 9.5 mi
47142 Mauckport, IN 9.8 mi
47525 Derby, IN 10.0 mi
47110 Central, IN 10.4 mi
47574 Rome, IN 11.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40157?

40157 is in Payneville, Kentucky, in Meade County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0234, -86.3755.

What county is 40157 in?

40157 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 40157?

Payneville uses area code 270, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40157 in?

40157 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40157?

About 854 people live in ZIP code 40157, in 346 households, at 26.4 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 40157?

$58,750 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40157?

The closest are 40161 (1.8 mi), 40171 (4.9 mi), 40104 (4.9 mi), 40170 (7.2 mi) and 40176 (8.1 mi).

Is 40157 a PO Box ZIP code?

40157 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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