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40510

ZIP 40510 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
1,904
Coordinates
38.0712, -84.5838
☼ Live from 40510 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40510 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40510
  • 🔢 Type 40510 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OISOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,510 = 2 × 5 × 4051. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000111110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40509 (Lexington, KY, 12 mi away) and 40511 (Lexington, KY, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40510 becomes 01504 — and that is a real ZIP code: Blackstone, MA, 742 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01054, 01450, 01504, 01540, 04015, 04051, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04105 in Falmouth, ME, 842 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯761 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40510 and you would come out at 38.07°S, 95.42°E — 1,229 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 22.7 square miles of land, 40510 is bigger than 40% of ZIP codes — room for about 17 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,904This ZIP1,904
Households417This ZIP417
Housing units417This ZIP417
Median age36.2This ZIP36.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$161,938This ZIP$161,938Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$695,400This ZIP$695,400Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher31.6%This ZIP31.6%
Mean commute18.2 minThis ZIP18.2 min
Population density83.9 / sq miThis ZIP83.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments135This ZIP135
Employees3,296This ZIP3,296
Annual payroll$192,897,000This ZIP$192,897,000
Tax returns filed470This ZIP470
Total adjusted gross income$88,136,000This ZIP$88,136,000

Land area

Land area22.70 sq miThis ZIP22.70 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

Other place names in 40510

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ZIP codes near 40510

ZIPCityDistance
40504 Lexington, KY 2.9 mi
40598 Lexington, KY 3.0 mi
40513 Lexington, KY 3.9 mi
40508 Lexington, KY 4.0 mi
40507 Lexington, KY 5.1 mi
40536 Lexington, KY 5.1 mi
40506 Lexington, KY 5.1 mi
40503 Lexington, KY 5.3 mi
40526 Lexington, KY 5.3 mi
40514 Lexington, KY 6.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40510?

40510 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0712, -84.5838.

What county is 40510 in?

40510 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40510?

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

What time zone is 40510 in?

40510 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40510?

About 1,904 people live in ZIP code 40510, in 417 households, at 83.9 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 40510?

$161,938 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40510?

The closest are 40504 (2.9 mi), 40598 (3 mi), 40513 (3.9 mi), 40508 (4 mi) and 40507 (5.1 mi).

Is 40510 a PO Box ZIP code?

40510 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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