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40342

ZIP 40342 is Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, mostly in Anderson County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Anderson +2 more
Metro area
Frankfort, KY
Population
23,963
Coordinates
38.0055, -84.9674
☼ Live from 40342 — Lawrenceburg, KY

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Where 40342 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40342
  • 🔢 Type 40342 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZhEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,342 = 2 × 23 × 877. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110110010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40340 (Nicholasville, KY, 23 mi away) and 40346 (Means, KY, 67 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40342 becomes 24304, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 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, 1,650 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯742 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40342 and you would come out at 38.01°S, 95.03°E — 1,248 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 185.1 square miles of land, 40342 is bigger than 90% of ZIP codes — room for about 141 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,963This ZIP23,963
Households9,473This ZIP9,473
Housing units10,118This ZIP10,118
Median age41.6This ZIP41.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$74,408This ZIP$74,408Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$224,500This ZIP$224,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$926This ZIP$926Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.3%This ZIP26.3%
Mean commute30.5 minThis ZIP30.5 min
Population density129.4 / sq miThis ZIP129.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments342This ZIP342
Employees4,150This ZIP4,150
Annual payroll$188,844,000This ZIP$188,844,000
Tax returns filed10,770This ZIP10,770
Total adjusted gross income$704,470,000This ZIP$704,470,000

Land area

Land area185.14 sq miThis ZIP185.14 sq mi
Water area1.74 sq miThis ZIP1.74 sq mi

Counties 40342 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Anderson County 99.2%
Mercer County 0.4%
Shelby County 0.4%

Other place names in 40342

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ZIP codes near 40342

ZIPCityDistance
40372 Salvisa, KY 7.8 mi
40076 Waddy, KY 9.9 mi
40046 Mount Eden, KY 11.1 mi
40383 Versailles, KY 12.4 mi
40012 Chaplin, KY 12.6 mi
40384 Versailles, KY 13.3 mi
40621 Frankfort, KY 14.4 mi
40622 Frankfort, KY 14.4 mi
40078 Willisburg, KY 15.4 mi
40330 Harrodsburg, KY 15.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40342?

40342 is in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, in Anderson County, part of the Frankfort, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0055, -84.9674.

What county is 40342 in?

40342 spans 3 counties: Anderson County, Mercer County and Shelby County. Most of it falls in Anderson 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 40342?

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

What time zone is 40342 in?

40342 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40342?

About 23,963 people live in ZIP code 40342, in 9,473 households, at 129.4 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 40342?

$74,408 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40342?

The closest are 40372 (7.8 mi), 40076 (9.9 mi), 40046 (11.1 mi), 40383 (12.4 mi) and 40012 (12.6 mi).

Is 40342 a PO Box ZIP code?

40342 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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