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40502

ZIP 40502 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County; area code 859; Eastern time. Lexington has 39 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fayette
Population
26,122
Coordinates
38.0110, -84.4832
☼ Live from 40502 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40502 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40502
  • 🔢 Type 40502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,502 = 2 × 7 × 11 × 263. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000110110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40492 (Wildie, KY, 42 mi away) and 40503 (Lexington, KY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40502 becomes 20504 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 409 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02045, 02054, 02540, 04250, 05042, 05402, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04250 in Lisbon, ME, 855 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯767 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40502 and you would come out at 38.01°S, 95.52°E — 1,222 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 7.1 square miles of land, 40502 is bigger than 23% of ZIP codes — room for about 5.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,122This ZIP26,122
Households13,075This ZIP13,075
Housing units14,266This ZIP14,266
Median age41.1This ZIP41.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$76,948This ZIP$76,948Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$517,900This ZIP$517,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,089This ZIP$1,089Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher68.0%This ZIP68.0%
Mean commute18.3 minThis ZIP18.3 min
Population density3,655.0 / sq miThis ZIP3,655.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments720This ZIP720
Employees8,878This ZIP8,878
Annual payroll$476,569,000This ZIP$476,569,000
Tax returns filed12,670This ZIP12,670
Total adjusted gross income$2,073,546,000This ZIP$2,073,546,000

Land area

Land area7.15 sq miThis ZIP7.15 sq mi
Water area0.27 sq miThis ZIP0.27 sq mi

Other place names in 40502

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ZIP codes near 40502

ZIPCityDistance
40512 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40523 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40524 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40533 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40544 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40546 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40550 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40555 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi
40574 Lexington, KY 1.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40502?

40502 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0110, -84.4832.

What county is 40502 in?

40502 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40502?

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

What time zone is 40502 in?

40502 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40502?

About 26,122 people live in ZIP code 40502, in 13,075 households, at 3,655.0 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 40502?

$76,948 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40502?

The closest are 40512 (1.4 mi), 40522 (1.4 mi), 40523 (1.4 mi), 40524 (1.4 mi) and 40533 (1.4 mi).

Is 40502 a PO Box ZIP code?

40502 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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