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40202

ZIP 40202 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County; area code 502; Eastern time. Louisville has 66 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Kentucky/Louisville
County
Jefferson
Population
7,261
Coordinates
38.2528, -85.7519
☼ Live from 40202 — Louisville, KY

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Where 40202 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40202
  • 🔢 Type 40202 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOZOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,202 = 2 × 20101. Its digits add up to 8, a total 251 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110100001010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40201 (Louisville, KY, 6 mi away) and 40203 (Louisville, KY, 1 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40202 becomes 20204 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 474 miles away.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02204, 02420, 04022, 04220, 20024, 20042, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04220 in Buckfield, ME, 902 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯696 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40202 and you would come out at 38.25°S, 94.25°E — 1,293 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 40202 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,261This ZIP7,261
Households3,363This ZIP3,363
Housing units4,377This ZIP4,377
Median age41.9This ZIP41.9Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$35,584This ZIP$35,584Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$257,300This ZIP$257,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$958This ZIP$958Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher27.2%This ZIP27.2%
Mean commute17.6 minThis ZIP17.6 min
Population density4,496.0 / sq miThis ZIP4,496.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,467This ZIP1,467
Employees52,725This ZIP52,725
Annual payroll$4,619,122,000This ZIP$4,619,122,000
Tax returns filed2,350This ZIP2,350
Total adjusted gross income$269,258,000This ZIP$269,258,000

Land area

Land area1.62 sq miThis ZIP1.62 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 40202

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

ZIP codes near 40202

ZIPCityDistance
40259 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40270 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40289 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40293 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40294 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40295 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40296 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40297 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40298 Louisville, KY 0.4 mi
40203 Louisville, KY 0.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40202?

40202 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2528, -85.7519.

What county is 40202 in?

40202 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 40202?

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

What time zone is 40202 in?

40202 uses America/Kentucky/Louisville.

How many people live in 40202?

About 7,261 people live in ZIP code 40202, in 3,363 households, at 4,496.0 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 40202?

$35,584 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40202?

The closest are 40259 (0.4 mi), 40270 (0.4 mi), 40289 (0.4 mi), 40293 (0.4 mi) and 40294 (0.4 mi).

Is 40202 a PO Box ZIP code?

40202 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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