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40299

ZIP 40299 is in Louisville, Kentucky, mostly in Jefferson County; area code 502; Eastern time. Louisville has 66 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Kentucky/Louisville
County
Jefferson +1 more
Population
42,207
Coordinates
38.1517, -85.5172
☼ Live from 40299 — Louisville, KY

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Where 40299 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40299
  • 🔢 Type 40299 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GGZOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,299 = 3 × 7 × 19 × 101. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110101101011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40298 (Louisville, KY, 15 mi away) and 40310 (Burgin, KY, 49 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40299 becomes 99204 — and that is a real ZIP code: Spokane, WA, 1,728 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04929, 04992, 09249, 29409, 29904, 29940, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09249 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,406 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 55%.
  • 🎯710 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40299 and you would come out at 38.15°S, 94.48°E — 1,279 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 54.0 square miles of land, 40299 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 41 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population42,207This ZIP42,207
Households17,163This ZIP17,163
Housing units17,829This ZIP17,829
Median age40.0This ZIP40.0Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$89,440This ZIP$89,440Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$290,200This ZIP$290,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,340This ZIP$1,340Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher42.6%This ZIP42.6%
Mean commute22.1 minThis ZIP22.1 min
Population density782.0 / sq miThis ZIP782.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,707This ZIP1,707
Employees40,713This ZIP40,713
Annual payroll$2,537,512,000This ZIP$2,537,512,000
Tax returns filed22,000This ZIP22,000
Total adjusted gross income$1,911,425,000This ZIP$1,911,425,000

Land area

Land area53.97 sq miThis ZIP53.97 sq mi
Water area0.86 sq miThis ZIP0.86 sq mi

Counties 40299 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Jefferson County 99.4%
Bullitt County 0.6%

Other place names in 40299

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ZIP codes near 40299

ZIPCityDistance
40291 Louisville, KY 3.8 mi
40023 Fisherville, KY 5.1 mi
40243 Louisville, KY 6.2 mi
40228 Louisville, KY 6.5 mi
40018 Eastwood, KY 6.5 mi
40220 Louisville, KY 7.1 mi
40223 Louisville, KY 7.5 mi
40218 Louisville, KY 8.1 mi
40047 Mount Washington, KY 8.3 mi
40245 Louisville, KY 8.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40299?

40299 is in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County, part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1517, -85.5172.

What county is 40299 in?

40299 spans 2 counties: Jefferson County and Bullitt County. Most of it falls in Jefferson 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 40299?

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

What time zone is 40299 in?

40299 uses America/Kentucky/Louisville.

How many people live in 40299?

About 42,207 people live in ZIP code 40299, in 17,163 households, at 782.0 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 40299?

$89,440 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40299?

The closest are 40291 (3.8 mi), 40023 (5.1 mi), 40243 (6.2 mi), 40228 (6.5 mi) and 40018 (6.5 mi).

Is 40299 a PO Box ZIP code?

40299 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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