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40511

ZIP 40511 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 +2 more
Population
38,176
Coordinates
38.1410, -84.4616
☼ Live from 40511 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40511 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40511
  • 🔢 Type 40511 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IISOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,511 = 17 × 2383. Its digits add up to 11, a total 714 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111000111111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40510 (Lexington, KY, 8 mi away) and 40512 (Lexington, KY, 8 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40511 becomes 11504, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 33 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01451, 01541, 05141, 10154, 10451, 10514, …). The farthest-flung twin is 01451 in Harvard, MA, 742 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 57% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯766 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40511 and you would come out at 38.14°S, 95.54°E — 1,223 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 86.1 square miles of land, 40511 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 65 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population38,176This ZIP38,176
Households14,824This ZIP14,824
Housing units15,646This ZIP15,646
Median age35.1This ZIP35.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$79,540This ZIP$79,540Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$252,400This ZIP$252,400Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,302This ZIP$1,302Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher39.5%This ZIP39.5%
Mean commute20.4 minThis ZIP20.4 min
Population density443.6 / sq miThis ZIP443.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,028This ZIP1,028
Employees29,729This ZIP29,729
Annual payroll$1,761,043,000This ZIP$1,761,043,000
Tax returns filed17,200This ZIP17,200
Total adjusted gross income$1,338,485,000This ZIP$1,338,485,000

Land area

Land area86.06 sq miThis ZIP86.06 sq mi
Water area0.29 sq miThis ZIP0.29 sq mi

Counties 40511 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Fayette County 91.0%
Scott County 4.9%
Bourbon County 4.1%

Other place names in 40511

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ZIP codes near 40511

ZIPCityDistance
40505 Lexington, KY 5.6 mi
40598 Lexington, KY 5.8 mi
40508 Lexington, KY 6.2 mi
40507 Lexington, KY 6.8 mi
40516 Lexington, KY 7.1 mi
40512 Lexington, KY 7.8 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 7.8 mi
40523 Lexington, KY 7.8 mi
40524 Lexington, KY 7.8 mi
40533 Lexington, KY 7.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40511?

40511 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.1410, -84.4616.

What county is 40511 in?

40511 spans 3 counties: Fayette County, Scott County and Bourbon 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 40511?

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

What time zone is 40511 in?

40511 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40511?

About 38,176 people live in ZIP code 40511, in 14,824 households, at 443.6 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 40511?

$79,540 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40511?

The closest are 40505 (5.6 mi), 40598 (5.8 mi), 40508 (6.2 mi), 40507 (6.8 mi) and 40516 (7.1 mi).

Is 40511 a PO Box ZIP code?

40511 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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