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40489

ZIP 40489 is Waynesburg, Kentucky, mostly in Lincoln County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Lincoln +1 more
Metro area
Danville, KY
Population
4,538
Coordinates
37.3608, -84.6498
☼ Live from 40489 — Waynesburg, KY

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Where 40489 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40489
  • 🔢 Type 40489 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GBhOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,489 = 19 × 2131. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40488 (Waneta, KY, 34 mi away) and 40492 (Wildie, KY, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40489 becomes 98404 — and that is a real ZIP code: Tacoma, WA, 2,024 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04489, 04849, 04984, 09448, 09844, 40849, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09844 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,368 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 57%.
  • 🎯770 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40489 and you would come out at 37.36°S, 95.35°E — 1,221 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 65.1 square miles of land, 40489 is bigger than 67% of ZIP codes — room for about 49 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,538This ZIP4,538
Households1,504This ZIP1,504
Housing units1,663This ZIP1,663
Median age34.7This ZIP34.7Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$56,034This ZIP$56,034Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$91,200This ZIP$91,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$780This ZIP$780Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.6%This ZIP7.6%
Mean commute41.2 minThis ZIP41.2 min
Population density69.7 / sq miThis ZIP69.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments28This ZIP28
Employees71This ZIP71
Annual payroll$2,242,000This ZIP$2,242,000
Tax returns filed1,470This ZIP1,470
Total adjusted gross income$72,131,000This ZIP$72,131,000

Land area

Land area65.13 sq miThis ZIP65.13 sq mi
Water area0.25 sq miThis ZIP0.25 sq mi

Counties 40489 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Lincoln County 85.5%
Casey County 14.5%

ZIP codes near 40489

ZIPCityDistance
40442 Kings Mountain, KY 5.2 mi
42567 Eubank, KY 7.0 mi
42541 Middleburg, KY 8.7 mi
40448 Mc Kinney, KY 8.9 mi
42566 Yosemite, KY 9.3 mi
40419 Crab Orchard, KY 10.2 mi
40484 Stanford, KY 11.1 mi
40409 Brodhead, KY 11.8 mi
42516 Bethelridge, KY 12.1 mi
40437 Hustonville, KY 12.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40489?

40489 is in Waynesburg, Kentucky, in Lincoln County, part of the Danville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3608, -84.6498.

What county is 40489 in?

40489 spans 2 counties: Lincoln County and Casey County. Most of it falls in Lincoln 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 40489?

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

What time zone is 40489 in?

40489 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40489?

About 4,538 people live in ZIP code 40489, in 1,504 households, at 69.7 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 40489?

$56,034 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40489?

The closest are 40442 (5.2 mi), 42567 (7 mi), 42541 (8.7 mi), 40448 (8.9 mi) and 42566 (9.3 mi).

Is 40489 a PO Box ZIP code?

40489 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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