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40503

ZIP 40503 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
27,451
Coordinates
38.0058, -84.5335
☼ Live from 40503 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40503 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40503
  • 🔢 Type 40503 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOSOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,503 = 3 × 23 × 587. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40502 (Lexington, KY, 3 mi away) and 40504 (Lexington, KY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40503 becomes 30504 — and that is a real ZIP code: Gainesville, GA, 261 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03045, 03054, 03450, 04350, 04530, 05034, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34005 in APO AA, a military post office, 2,005 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯765 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40503 and you would come out at 38.01°S, 95.47°E — 1,225 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 8.8 square miles of land, 40503 is bigger than 25% of ZIP codes — room for about 6.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population27,451This ZIP27,451
Households12,615This ZIP12,615
Housing units13,365This ZIP13,365
Median age37.2This ZIP37.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$76,482This ZIP$76,482Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$296,800This ZIP$296,800Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,168This ZIP$1,168Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.4%This ZIP56.4%
Mean commute18.6 minThis ZIP18.6 min
Population density3,107.4 / sq miThis ZIP3,107.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,500This ZIP1,500
Employees24,522This ZIP24,522
Annual payroll$1,222,760,000This ZIP$1,222,760,000
Tax returns filed13,000This ZIP13,000
Total adjusted gross income$1,074,145,000This ZIP$1,074,145,000

Land area

Land area8.83 sq miThis ZIP8.83 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 40503

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ZIP codes near 40503

ZIPCityDistance
40506 Lexington, KY 2.1 mi
40536 Lexington, KY 2.2 mi
40514 Lexington, KY 2.3 mi
40526 Lexington, KY 2.4 mi
40504 Lexington, KY 2.6 mi
40502 Lexington, KY 2.8 mi
40517 Lexington, KY 2.9 mi
40507 Lexington, KY 3.5 mi
40512 Lexington, KY 3.7 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 3.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40503?

40503 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0058, -84.5335.

What county is 40503 in?

40503 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40503?

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

What time zone is 40503 in?

40503 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40503?

About 27,451 people live in ZIP code 40503, in 12,615 households, at 3,107.4 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 40503?

$76,482 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40503?

The closest are 40506 (2.1 mi), 40536 (2.2 mi), 40514 (2.3 mi), 40526 (2.4 mi) and 40504 (2.6 mi).

Is 40503 a PO Box ZIP code?

40503 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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