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40508

ZIP 40508 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
23,756
Coordinates
38.0609, -84.5114
☼ Live from 40508 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40508 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40508
  • 🔢 Type 40508 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BOSOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,508 = 2 × 2 × 13 × 19 × 41. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40507 (Lexington, KY, 1 mi away) and 40509 (Lexington, KY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40508 becomes 80504 — and that is a real ZIP code: Longmont, CO, 1,107 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04085, 04850, 05048, 05084, 05408, 05840, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85004 in Phoenix, AZ, 1,572 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 40508 and you would come out at 38.06°S, 95.49°E — 1,225 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 4.2 square miles of land, 40508 is bigger than 17% of ZIP codes — room for about 3.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population23,756This ZIP23,756
Households9,665This ZIP9,665
Housing units11,094This ZIP11,094
Median age23.5This ZIP23.5Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$29,440This ZIP$29,440Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$182,800This ZIP$182,800Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$959This ZIP$959Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.9%This ZIP36.9%
Mean commute18.3 minThis ZIP18.3 min
Population density5,646.8 / sq miThis ZIP5,646.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments563This ZIP563
Employees9,955This ZIP9,955
Annual payroll$417,374,000This ZIP$417,374,000
Tax returns filed7,050This ZIP7,050
Total adjusted gross income$349,071,000This ZIP$349,071,000

Land area

Land area4.21 sq miThis ZIP4.21 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 40508

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ZIP codes near 40508

ZIPCityDistance
40507 Lexington, KY 1.3 mi
40598 Lexington, KY 1.5 mi
40536 Lexington, KY 2.2 mi
40504 Lexington, KY 2.2 mi
40526 Lexington, KY 2.2 mi
40506 Lexington, KY 2.2 mi
40505 Lexington, KY 2.9 mi
40512 Lexington, KY 3.1 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 3.1 mi
40523 Lexington, KY 3.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40508?

40508 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0609, -84.5114.

What county is 40508 in?

40508 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40508?

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

What time zone is 40508 in?

40508 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40508?

About 23,756 people live in ZIP code 40508, in 9,665 households, at 5,646.8 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 40508?

$29,440 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40508?

The closest are 40507 (1.3 mi), 40598 (1.5 mi), 40536 (2.2 mi), 40504 (2.2 mi) and 40526 (2.2 mi).

Is 40508 a PO Box ZIP code?

40508 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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