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40514

ZIP 40514 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
16,961
Coordinates
37.9834, -84.5652
☼ Live from 40514 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40514 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40514
  • 🔢 Type 40514 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hISOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,514 = 2 × 47 × 431. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111001000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40513 (Lexington, KY, 3 mi away) and 40515 (Lexington, KY, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40514 becomes 41504, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 31 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04415, 04451, 04541, 05441, 10454, 14054, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04451 in Kingman, ME, 990 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯763 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40514 and you would come out at 37.98°S, 95.43°E — 1,226 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 3.0 square miles of land, 40514 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population16,961This ZIP16,961
Households6,481This ZIP6,481
Housing units6,537This ZIP6,537
Median age38.6This ZIP38.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$95,914This ZIP$95,914Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$315,500This ZIP$315,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,629This ZIP$1,629Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher56.4%This ZIP56.4%
Mean commute23.0 minThis ZIP23.0 min
Population density5,672.6 / sq miThis ZIP5,672.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments161This ZIP161
Employees894This ZIP894
Annual payroll$29,849,000This ZIP$29,849,000
Tax returns filed7,870This ZIP7,870
Total adjusted gross income$657,314,000This ZIP$657,314,000

Land area

Land area2.99 sq miThis ZIP2.99 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 40514

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ZIP codes near 40514

ZIPCityDistance
40503 Lexington, KY 2.3 mi
40513 Lexington, KY 3.2 mi
40517 Lexington, KY 4.1 mi
40504 Lexington, KY 4.2 mi
40506 Lexington, KY 4.4 mi
40536 Lexington, KY 4.5 mi
40526 Lexington, KY 4.7 mi
40502 Lexington, KY 4.9 mi
40339 Keene, KY 5.1 mi
40507 Lexington, KY 5.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40514?

40514 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9834, -84.5652.

What county is 40514 in?

40514 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40514?

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

What time zone is 40514 in?

40514 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40514?

About 16,961 people live in ZIP code 40514, in 6,481 households, at 5,672.6 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 40514?

$95,914 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40514?

The closest are 40503 (2.3 mi), 40513 (3.2 mi), 40517 (4.1 mi), 40504 (4.2 mi) and 40506 (4.4 mi).

Is 40514 a PO Box ZIP code?

40514 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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