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40516

ZIP 40516 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
2,926
Coordinates
38.0718, -84.3640
☼ Live from 40516 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40516 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 40516
  • 🔢 Type 40516 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gISOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,516 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 1447. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111001000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40515 (Lexington, KY, 11 mi away) and 40517 (Lexington, KY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40516 becomes 61504, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 78 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01546, 01564, 05146, 05461, 05641, 06145, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56401 in Brainerd, MN, 757 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 40516 and you would come out at 38.07°S, 95.64°E — 1,217 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 49m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 30.7 square miles of land, 40516 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,926This ZIP2,926
Households1,184This ZIP1,184
Housing units1,204This ZIP1,204
Median age38.7This ZIP38.7Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$84,510This ZIP$84,510Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$264,100This ZIP$264,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,114This ZIP$1,114Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher38.2%This ZIP38.2%
Mean commute26.6 minThis ZIP26.6 min
Population density95.3 / sq miThis ZIP95.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments50This ZIP50
Employees1,791This ZIP1,791
Annual payroll$142,019,000This ZIP$142,019,000
Tax returns filed1,300This ZIP1,300
Total adjusted gross income$130,947,000This ZIP$130,947,000

Land area

Land area30.69 sq miThis ZIP30.69 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq miThis ZIP0.11 sq mi

Counties 40516 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Fayette County 86.3%
Bourbon County 13.7%

Other place names in 40516

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ZIP codes near 40516

ZIPCityDistance
40505 Lexington, KY 5.1 mi
40509 Lexington, KY 5.2 mi
40512 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40523 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40524 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40533 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40544 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40546 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi
40550 Lexington, KY 6.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40516?

40516 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.0718, -84.3640.

What county is 40516 in?

40516 spans 2 counties: Fayette 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 40516?

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

What time zone is 40516 in?

40516 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40516?

About 2,926 people live in ZIP code 40516, in 1,184 households, at 95.3 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 40516?

$84,510 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40516?

The closest are 40505 (5.1 mi), 40509 (5.2 mi), 40512 (6.6 mi), 40522 (6.6 mi) and 40523 (6.6 mi).

Is 40516 a PO Box ZIP code?

40516 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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