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40409

ZIP 40409 is Brodhead, Kentucky, mostly in Rockcastle County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rockcastle +2 more
Metro area
Richmond-Berea, KY
Population
3,445
Coordinates
37.3692, -84.4349
☼ Live from 40409 — Brodhead, KY

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Where 40409 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40409
  • 🔢 Type 40409 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOhOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,409 = 17 × 2377. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001110111011001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40405 (Bighill, KY, 18 mi away) and 40410 (Bryantsville, KY, 27 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40409 becomes 90404 — and that is a real ZIP code: Santa Monica, CA, 1,913 miles away.
  • 👥 13 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04049, 04094, 04490, 04940, 09044, 40049, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09044 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,542 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯782 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40409 and you would come out at 37.37°S, 95.57°E — 1,210 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 44.9 square miles of land, 40409 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,445This ZIP3,445
Households1,402This ZIP1,402
Housing units1,620This ZIP1,620
Median age41.8This ZIP41.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$52,619This ZIP$52,619Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$123,600This ZIP$123,600Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$757This ZIP$757Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher16.0%This ZIP16.0%
Mean commute29.9 minThis ZIP29.9 min
Population density76.7 / sq miThis ZIP76.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees217This ZIP217
Annual payroll$8,657,000This ZIP$8,657,000
Tax returns filed1,440This ZIP1,440
Total adjusted gross income$72,088,000This ZIP$72,088,000

Land area

Land area44.90 sq miThis ZIP44.90 sq mi
Water area0.12 sq miThis ZIP0.12 sq mi

Counties 40409 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Rockcastle County 94.5%
Lincoln County 3.4%
Pulaski County 2.1%

Other place names in 40409

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

ZIP codes near 40409

ZIPCityDistance
40419 Crab Orchard, KY 5.6 mi
40473 Renfro Valley, KY 5.8 mi
40456 Mount Vernon, KY 6.4 mi
40492 Wildie, KY 8.2 mi
40460 Orlando, KY 10.3 mi
42567 Eubank, KY 11.7 mi
40489 Waynesburg, KY 11.8 mi
40445 Livingston, KY 12.6 mi
40461 Paint Lick, KY 14.8 mi
42503 Somerset, KY 15.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40409?

40409 is in Brodhead, Kentucky, in Rockcastle County, part of the Richmond-Berea, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3692, -84.4349.

What county is 40409 in?

40409 spans 3 counties: Rockcastle County, Lincoln County and Pulaski County. Most of it falls in Rockcastle 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 40409?

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

What time zone is 40409 in?

40409 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40409?

About 3,445 people live in ZIP code 40409, in 1,402 households, at 76.7 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 40409?

$52,619 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40409?

The closest are 40419 (5.6 mi), 40473 (5.8 mi), 40456 (6.4 mi), 40492 (8.2 mi) and 40460 (10.3 mi).

Is 40409 a PO Box ZIP code?

40409 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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