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40206

ZIP 40206 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
20,161
Coordinates
38.2565, -85.7016
☼ Live from 40206 — Louisville, KY

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Where 40206 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40206
  • 🔢 Type 40206 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOZOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,206 = 2 × 3 × 6701. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110100001110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40205 (Louisville, KY, 3 mi away) and 40207 (Louisville, KY, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40206 becomes 60204 — and that is a real ZIP code: Evanston, IL, 282 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00624, 02460, 04062, 04260, 06024, 06042, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00624 in Penuelas, PR, 1,805 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯699 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40206 and you would come out at 38.26°S, 94.30°E — 1,291 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 5.8 square miles of land, 40206 is bigger than 20% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,161This ZIP20,161
Households10,576This ZIP10,576
Housing units11,730This ZIP11,730
Median age38.4This ZIP38.4Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$75,798This ZIP$75,798Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$273,900This ZIP$273,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,187This ZIP$1,187Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.7%This ZIP56.7%
Mean commute19.6 minThis ZIP19.6 min
Population density3,451.0 / sq miThis ZIP3,451.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments721This ZIP721
Employees13,222This ZIP13,222
Annual payroll$963,869,000This ZIP$963,869,000
Tax returns filed9,850This ZIP9,850
Total adjusted gross income$1,016,290,000This ZIP$1,016,290,000

Land area

Land area5.84 sq miThis ZIP5.84 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 40206

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ZIP codes near 40206

ZIPCityDistance
40280 Louisville, KY 1.0 mi
40204 Louisville, KY 1.6 mi
40041 Masonic Home, KY 2.0 mi
40207 Louisville, KY 2.5 mi
40205 Louisville, KY 2.5 mi
47132 Jeffersonville, IN 2.7 mi
47133 Jeffersonville, IN 2.7 mi
47134 Jeffersonville, IN 2.7 mi
47144 Jeffersonville, IN 2.7 mi
47199 Jeffersonville, IN 2.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40206?

40206 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2565, -85.7016.

What county is 40206 in?

40206 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 40206?

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

What time zone is 40206 in?

40206 uses America/Kentucky/Louisville.

How many people live in 40206?

About 20,161 people live in ZIP code 40206, in 10,576 households, at 3,451.0 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 40206?

$75,798 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40206?

The closest are 40280 (1 mi), 40204 (1.6 mi), 40041 (2 mi), 40207 (2.5 mi) and 40205 (2.5 mi).

Is 40206 a PO Box ZIP code?

40206 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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