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40461

ZIP 40461 is Paint Lick, Kentucky, mostly in Garrard County; area code 859; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Garrard +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
2,527
Coordinates
37.5825, -84.4060
☼ Live from 40461 — Paint Lick, KY

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Where 40461 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40461
  • 🔢 Type 40461 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IghOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,461 = 3 × 13487. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000001101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40460 (Orlando, KY, 16 mi away) and 40464 (Parksville, KY, 28 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40461 becomes 16404 — and that is a real ZIP code: Centerville, PA, 377 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01464, 04416, 04461, 04614, 06144, 06414, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04461 in Milford, ME, 966 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 61% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯779 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40461 and you would come out at 37.58°S, 95.59°E — 1,211 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 46m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 34m.
  • 📏 At 55.7 square miles of land, 40461 is bigger than 62% of ZIP codes — room for about 42 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,527This ZIP2,527
Households928This ZIP928
Housing units989This ZIP989
Median age44.7This ZIP44.7Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$71,212This ZIP$71,212Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$201,800This ZIP$201,800Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$786This ZIP$786Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher21.9%This ZIP21.9%
Mean commute31.6 minThis ZIP31.6 min
Population density45.4 / sq miThis ZIP45.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments35This ZIP35
Employees197This ZIP197
Annual payroll$10,221,000This ZIP$10,221,000
Tax returns filed1,090This ZIP1,090
Total adjusted gross income$75,015,000This ZIP$75,015,000

Land area

Land area55.66 sq miThis ZIP55.66 sq mi
Water area0.45 sq miThis ZIP0.45 sq mi

Counties 40461 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Garrard County 65.4%
Madison County 34.6%

Other place names in 40461

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ZIP codes near 40461

ZIPCityDistance
40404 Berea, KY 6.4 mi
40403 Berea, KY 7.8 mi
40405 Bighill, KY 11.0 mi
40419 Crab Orchard, KY 11.0 mi
40444 Lancaster, KY 11.0 mi
40492 Wildie, KY 12.4 mi
40476 Richmond, KY 12.9 mi
40475 Richmond, KY 13.6 mi
40473 Renfro Valley, KY 14.1 mi
40409 Brodhead, KY 14.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40461?

40461 is in Paint Lick, Kentucky, in Garrard County. Its published point location is 37.5825, -84.4060.

What county is 40461 in?

40461 spans 2 counties: Garrard County and Madison County. Most of it falls in Garrard 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 40461?

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

What time zone is 40461 in?

40461 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40461?

About 2,527 people live in ZIP code 40461, in 928 households, at 45.4 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 40461?

$71,212 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40461?

The closest are 40404 (6.4 mi), 40403 (7.8 mi), 40405 (11 mi), 40419 (11 mi) and 40444 (11 mi).

Is 40461 a PO Box ZIP code?

40461 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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