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40509

ZIP 40509 is in Lexington, Kentucky, mostly in Fayette County; area code 859; Eastern time. Lexington has 39 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fayette +1 more
Population
47,036
Coordinates
37.9973, -84.3775
☼ Live from 40509 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40509 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40509
  • 🔢 Type 40509 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GOSOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,509 = 3 × 3 × 7 × 643. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40508 (Lexington, KY, 9 mi away) and 40510 (Lexington, KY, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40509 becomes 90504 — and that is a real ZIP code: Torrance, CA, 1,910 miles away.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00954, 04095, 04950, 05049, 05490, 05904, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09054 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,377 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯773 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40509 and you would come out at 38.00°S, 95.62°E — 1,216 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 47.8 square miles of land, 40509 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population47,036This ZIP47,036
Households19,395This ZIP19,395
Housing units20,190This ZIP20,190
Median age35.8This ZIP35.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$94,804This ZIP$94,804Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$366,300This ZIP$366,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,394This ZIP$1,394Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher57.4%This ZIP57.4%
Mean commute22.6 minThis ZIP22.6 min
Population density983.8 / sq miThis ZIP983.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,586This ZIP1,586
Employees29,760This ZIP29,760
Annual payroll$1,563,579,000This ZIP$1,563,579,000
Tax returns filed21,090This ZIP21,090
Total adjusted gross income$2,079,673,000This ZIP$2,079,673,000

Land area

Land area47.81 sq miThis ZIP47.81 sq mi
Water area0.21 sq miThis ZIP0.21 sq mi

Counties 40509 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fayette County 91.5%
Clark County 8.5%

Other place names in 40509

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 40509

ZIPCityDistance
40516 Lexington, KY 5.2 mi
40512 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40523 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40524 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40533 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40544 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40546 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40550 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi
40555 Lexington, KY 5.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40509?

40509 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9973, -84.3775.

What county is 40509 in?

40509 spans 2 counties: Fayette County and Clark County. Most of it falls in Fayette 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 40509?

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

What time zone is 40509 in?

40509 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40509?

About 47,036 people live in ZIP code 40509, in 19,395 households, at 983.8 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 40509?

$94,804 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40509?

The closest are 40516 (5.2 mi), 40512 (5.5 mi), 40522 (5.5 mi), 40523 (5.5 mi) and 40524 (5.5 mi).

Is 40509 a PO Box ZIP code?

40509 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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