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40385

ZIP 40385 is Waco, Kentucky, in Madison County; area code 859; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Madison
Metro area
Richmond-Berea, KY
Population
2,233
Coordinates
37.7382, -84.1337
☼ Live from 40385 — Waco, KY

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Where 40385 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40385
  • 🔢 Type 40385 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SBEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,385 = 5 × 41 × 197. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110111000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40384 (Versailles, KY, 39 mi away) and 40387 (Wellington, KY, 38 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40385 becomes 58304, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 58 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03458, 03584, 03845, 03854, 04358, 04538, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83540 in Lapwai, ID, 1,763 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 60% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯790 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40385 and you would come out at 37.74°S, 95.87°E — 1,199 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 47m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 33m.
  • 📏 At 45.9 square miles of land, 40385 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 35 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,233This ZIP2,233
Households923This ZIP923
Housing units1,237This ZIP1,237
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,103This ZIP$63,103Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$194,700This ZIP$194,700Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$680This ZIP$680Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.4%This ZIP21.4%
Mean commute33.8 minThis ZIP33.8 min
Population density48.7 / sq miThis ZIP48.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments22This ZIP22
Employees64This ZIP64
Annual payroll$2,358,000This ZIP$2,358,000
Tax returns filed1,310This ZIP1,310
Total adjusted gross income$74,266,000This ZIP$74,266,000

Land area

Land area45.86 sq miThis ZIP45.86 sq mi
Water area0.73 sq miThis ZIP0.73 sq mi

ZIP codes near 40385

ZIPCityDistance
40336 Irvine, KY 8.7 mi
40476 Richmond, KY 8.8 mi
40475 Richmond, KY 9.5 mi
40312 Clay City, KY 13.2 mi
40405 Bighill, KY 13.3 mi
40403 Berea, KY 13.6 mi
40404 Berea, KY 14.3 mi
40472 Ravenna, KY 15.0 mi
40391 Winchester, KY 16.0 mi
40392 Winchester, KY 17.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40385?

40385 is in Waco, Kentucky, in Madison County, part of the Richmond-Berea, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.7382, -84.1337.

What county is 40385 in?

40385 lies in Madison County.

What area code is 40385?

Waco uses area code 859, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40385 in?

40385 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40385?

About 2,233 people live in ZIP code 40385, in 923 households, at 48.7 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 40385?

$63,103 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40385?

The closest are 40336 (8.7 mi), 40476 (8.8 mi), 40475 (9.5 mi), 40312 (13.2 mi) and 40405 (13.3 mi).

Is 40385 a PO Box ZIP code?

40385 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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