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40324

ZIP 40324 is Georgetown, Kentucky, mostly in Scott County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Scott +2 more
Population
53,406
Coordinates
38.2458, -84.5506
☼ Live from 40324 — Georgetown, KY

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Where 40324 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40324
  • 🔢 Type 40324 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hZEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,324 = 2 × 2 × 17 × 593. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110110000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40322 (Frenchburg, KY, 54 mi away) and 40328 (Gravel Switch, KY, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40324 becomes 42304 — and that is a real ZIP code: Owensboro, KY, 144 miles away.
  • 👥 37 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02344, 03244, 03442, 04234, 04243, 04342, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34024 in APO AA, a military post office, 1,671 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯760 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40324 and you would come out at 38.25°S, 95.45°E — 1,230 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 155.3 square miles of land, 40324 is bigger than 87% of ZIP codes — room for about 118 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population53,406This ZIP53,406
Households20,058This ZIP20,058
Housing units21,027This ZIP21,027
Median age35.3This ZIP35.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$85,110This ZIP$85,110Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$289,100This ZIP$289,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,246This ZIP$1,246Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher35.5%This ZIP35.5%
Mean commute21.8 minThis ZIP21.8 min
Population density343.9 / sq miThis ZIP343.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments990This ZIP990
Employees26,020This ZIP26,020
Annual payroll$1,592,207,000This ZIP$1,592,207,000
Tax returns filed24,200This ZIP24,200
Total adjusted gross income$1,926,060,000This ZIP$1,926,060,000

Land area

Land area155.29 sq miThis ZIP155.29 sq mi
Water area2.04 sq miThis ZIP2.04 sq mi

Counties 40324 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Scott County 96.0%
Bourbon County 2.2%
Fayette County 1.8%

Other place names in 40324

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

ZIP codes near 40324

ZIPCityDistance
40511 Lexington, KY 8.7 mi
40379 Stamping Ground, KY 8.7 mi
40370 Sadieville, KY 10.3 mi
40347 Midway, KY 11.4 mi
40598 Lexington, KY 11.7 mi
40510 Lexington, KY 12.2 mi
40508 Lexington, KY 12.9 mi
40505 Lexington, KY 13.8 mi
40507 Lexington, KY 14.1 mi
40504 Lexington, KY 14.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40324?

40324 is in Georgetown, Kentucky, in Scott County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.2458, -84.5506.

What county is 40324 in?

40324 spans 3 counties: Scott County, Bourbon County and Fayette County. Most of it falls in Scott 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 40324?

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

What time zone is 40324 in?

40324 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40324?

About 53,406 people live in ZIP code 40324, in 20,058 households, at 343.9 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 40324?

$85,110 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40324?

The closest are 40511 (8.7 mi), 40379 (8.7 mi), 40370 (10.3 mi), 40347 (11.4 mi) and 40598 (11.7 mi).

Is 40324 a PO Box ZIP code?

40324 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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