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40387

ZIP 40387 is Wellington, Kentucky, mostly in Menifee County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Menifee +1 more
Metro area
Mount Sterling, KY
Population
1,948
Coordinates
37.9408, -83.4874
☼ Live from 40387 — Wellington, KY

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Where 40387 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40387
  • 🔢 Type 40387 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LBEOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 40387 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110111000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40385 (Waco, KY, 38 mi away) and 40390 (Wilmore, KY, 65 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40387 becomes 78304, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03748, 03784, 03847, 03874, 04738, 04783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83704 in Boise, ID, 1,748 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯821 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40387 and you would come out at 37.94°S, 96.51°E — 1,169 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 32m.
  • 📏 At 69.0 square miles of land, 40387 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 52 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,948This ZIP1,948
Households787This ZIP787
Housing units1,344This ZIP1,344
Median age54.5This ZIP54.5Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$45,391This ZIP$45,391Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$123,300This ZIP$123,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher20.8%This ZIP20.8%
Mean commute30.3 minThis ZIP30.3 min
Population density28.2 / sq miThis ZIP28.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees38This ZIP38
Annual payroll$1,656,000This ZIP$1,656,000
Tax returns filed730This ZIP730
Total adjusted gross income$32,685,000This ZIP$32,685,000

Land area

Land area69.01 sq miThis ZIP69.01 sq mi
Water area1.60 sq miThis ZIP1.60 sq mi

Counties 40387 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Menifee County 77.4%
Morgan County 22.6%

ZIP codes near 40387

ZIPCityDistance
40316 Denniston, KY 1.8 mi
41425 Ezel, KY 5.3 mi
40322 Frenchburg, KY 7.9 mi
41332 Hazel Green, KY 11.3 mi
41352 Mize, KY 11.4 mi
40371 Salt Lick, KY 11.4 mi
41360 Pine Ridge, KY 11.9 mi
41472 West Liberty, KY 13.1 mi
41451 Malone, KY 13.4 mi
40358 Olympia, KY 13.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40387?

40387 is in Wellington, Kentucky, in Menifee County, part of the Mount Sterling, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9408, -83.4874.

What county is 40387 in?

40387 spans 2 counties: Menifee County and Morgan County. Most of it falls in Menifee 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 40387?

Wellington uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40387 in?

40387 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40387?

About 1,948 people live in ZIP code 40387, in 787 households, at 28.2 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 40387?

$45,391 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40387?

The closest are 40316 (1.8 mi), 41425 (5.3 mi), 40322 (7.9 mi), 41332 (11.3 mi) and 41352 (11.4 mi).

Is 40387 a PO Box ZIP code?

40387 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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