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40379

ZIP 40379 is Stamping Ground, Kentucky, mostly in Scott County; area code 502; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Scott +2 more
Population
3,788
Coordinates
38.3082, -84.6904
☼ Live from 40379 — Stamping Ground, KY

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Where 40379 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40379
  • 🔢 Type 40379 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GLEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,379 = 149 × 271. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110110111011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40376 (Slade, KY, 64 mi away) and 40380 (Stanton, KY, 59 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40379 becomes 97304 — and that is a real ZIP code: Salem, OR, 2,017 miles away.
  • 👥 45 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03749, 04739, 04937, 04973, 07439, 07934, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09734 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,101 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 56% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯752 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40379 and you would come out at 38.31°S, 95.31°E — 1,238 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 30m.
  • 📏 At 65.5 square miles of land, 40379 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 50 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,788This ZIP3,788
Households1,637This ZIP1,637
Housing units1,739This ZIP1,739
Median age46.5This ZIP46.5Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$62,228This ZIP$62,228Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$240,900This ZIP$240,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$947This ZIP$947Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.4%This ZIP21.4%
Mean commute27.0 minThis ZIP27.0 min
Population density57.8 / sq miThis ZIP57.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments26This ZIP26
Employees195This ZIP195
Annual payroll$10,770,000This ZIP$10,770,000
Tax returns filed1,670This ZIP1,670
Total adjusted gross income$124,722,000This ZIP$124,722,000

Land area

Land area65.49 sq miThis ZIP65.49 sq mi
Water area0.56 sq miThis ZIP0.56 sq mi

Counties 40379 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Scott County 90.0%
Franklin County 6.8%
Owen County 3.2%

Other place names in 40379

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ZIP codes near 40379

ZIPCityDistance
40324 Georgetown, KY 8.7 mi
40370 Sadieville, KY 10.5 mi
40347 Midway, KY 10.6 mi
40601 Frankfort, KY 10.9 mi
40602 Frankfort, KY 11.2 mi
40603 Frankfort, KY 11.2 mi
40604 Frankfort, KY 11.2 mi
40618 Frankfort, KY 11.2 mi
40619 Frankfort, KY 11.2 mi
40620 Frankfort, KY 11.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40379?

40379 is in Stamping Ground, Kentucky, in Scott County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.3082, -84.6904.

What county is 40379 in?

40379 spans 3 counties: Scott County, Franklin County and Owen 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 40379?

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

What time zone is 40379 in?

40379 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40379?

About 3,788 people live in ZIP code 40379, in 1,637 households, at 57.8 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 40379?

$62,228 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40379?

The closest are 40324 (8.7 mi), 40370 (10.5 mi), 40347 (10.6 mi), 40601 (10.9 mi) and 40602 (11.2 mi).

Is 40379 a PO Box ZIP code?

40379 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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