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40513

ZIP 40513 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
11,032
Coordinates
38.0166, -84.6050
☼ Live from 40513 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40513 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40513
  • 🔢 Type 40513 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EISOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,513 = 11 × 29 × 127. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111001000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40512 (Lexington, KY, 7 mi away) and 40514 (Lexington, KY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40513 becomes 31504, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01354, 01453, 01534, 01543, 03451, 04351, …). The farthest-flung twin is 34051 in FPO AA, a military post office, 1,783 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 40513 and you would come out at 38.02°S, 95.39°E — 1,229 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 14.7 square miles of land, 40513 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,032This ZIP11,032
Households4,565This ZIP4,565
Housing units4,769This ZIP4,769
Median age45.5This ZIP45.5Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$128,013This ZIP$128,013Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$497,600This ZIP$497,600Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,416This ZIP$1,416Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher73.4%This ZIP73.4%
Mean commute22.7 minThis ZIP22.7 min
Population density750.5 / sq miThis ZIP750.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments383This ZIP383
Employees5,649This ZIP5,649
Annual payroll$304,939,000This ZIP$304,939,000
Tax returns filed5,320This ZIP5,320
Total adjusted gross income$844,611,000This ZIP$844,611,000

Land area

Land area14.70 sq miThis ZIP14.70 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

Other place names in 40513

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ZIP codes near 40513

ZIPCityDistance
40514 Lexington, KY 3.2 mi
40504 Lexington, KY 3.8 mi
40510 Lexington, KY 3.9 mi
40503 Lexington, KY 4.0 mi
40506 Lexington, KY 5.4 mi
40536 Lexington, KY 5.4 mi
40339 Keene, KY 5.5 mi
40526 Lexington, KY 5.7 mi
40598 Lexington, KY 5.9 mi
40508 Lexington, KY 5.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40513?

40513 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0166, -84.6050.

What county is 40513 in?

40513 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40513?

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

What time zone is 40513 in?

40513 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40513?

About 11,032 people live in ZIP code 40513, in 4,565 households, at 750.5 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 40513?

$128,013 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40513?

The closest are 40514 (3.2 mi), 40504 (3.8 mi), 40510 (3.9 mi), 40503 (4 mi) and 40506 (5.4 mi).

Is 40513 a PO Box ZIP code?

40513 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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