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40215

ZIP 40215 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
20,532
Coordinates
38.1905, -85.7857
☼ Live from 40215 — Louisville, KY

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Where 40215 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40215
  • 🔢 Type 40215 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SIZOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,215 = 3 × 5 × 7 × 383. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110100010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40214 (Louisville, KY, 3 mi away) and 40216 (Louisville, KY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40215 becomes 51204, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 73 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01245, 01254, 01452, 01524, 01542, 02145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 02541 in Falmouth, MA, 836 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 54%.
  • 🎯696 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40215 and you would come out at 38.19°S, 94.21°E — 1,294 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 3.5 square miles of land, 40215 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,532This ZIP20,532
Households8,207This ZIP8,207
Housing units9,154This ZIP9,154
Median age37.1This ZIP37.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$43,725This ZIP$43,725Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$114,900This ZIP$114,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,049This ZIP$1,049Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.4%This ZIP14.4%
Mean commute20.0 minThis ZIP20.0 min
Population density5,881.4 / sq miThis ZIP5,881.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments188This ZIP188
Employees1,876This ZIP1,876
Annual payroll$95,411,000This ZIP$95,411,000
Tax returns filed8,850This ZIP8,850
Total adjusted gross income$311,971,000This ZIP$311,971,000

Land area

Land area3.49 sq miThis ZIP3.49 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 40215

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ZIP codes near 40215

ZIPCityDistance
40221 Louisville, KY 1.8 mi
40208 Louisville, KY 2.2 mi
40209 Louisville, KY 2.8 mi
40210 Louisville, KY 2.8 mi
40216 Louisville, KY 2.9 mi
40214 Louisville, KY 2.9 mi
40217 Louisville, KY 3.2 mi
40211 Louisville, KY 3.8 mi
40213 Louisville, KY 3.8 mi
40203 Louisville, KY 4.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40215?

40215 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1905, -85.7857.

What county is 40215 in?

40215 lies in Jefferson County.

What area code is 40215?

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

What time zone is 40215 in?

40215 uses America/Kentucky/Louisville.

How many people live in 40215?

About 20,532 people live in ZIP code 40215, in 8,207 households, at 5,881.4 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 40215?

$43,725 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40215?

The closest are 40221 (1.8 mi), 40208 (2.2 mi), 40209 (2.8 mi), 40210 (2.8 mi) and 40216 (2.9 mi).

Is 40215 a PO Box ZIP code?

40215 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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