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40517

ZIP 40517 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
35,656
Coordinates
37.9830, -84.4894
☼ Live from 40517 — Lexington, KY

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Where 40517 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40517
  • 🔢 Type 40517 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LISOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,517 = 31 × 1307. Its digits add up to 17, a total 2,133 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111001000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40516 (Lexington, KY, 9 mi away) and 40522 (Lexington, KY, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40517 becomes 71504, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 64 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01475, 01745, 01754, 04571, 04751, 05471, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04751 in Limestone, ME, 1,040 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 58% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯767 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40517 and you would come out at 37.98°S, 95.51°E — 1,222 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 48m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 31m.
  • 📏 At 6.2 square miles of land, 40517 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population35,656This ZIP35,656
Households17,301This ZIP17,301
Housing units18,518This ZIP18,518
Median age32.3This ZIP32.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$53,670This ZIP$53,670Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$216,900This ZIP$216,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,136This ZIP$1,136Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher41.0%This ZIP41.0%
Mean commute23.4 minThis ZIP23.4 min
Population density5,777.1 / sq miThis ZIP5,777.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments508This ZIP508
Employees6,760This ZIP6,760
Annual payroll$280,802,000This ZIP$280,802,000
Tax returns filed17,210This ZIP17,210
Total adjusted gross income$826,302,000This ZIP$826,302,000

Land area

Land area6.17 sq miThis ZIP6.17 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 40517

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ZIP codes near 40517

ZIPCityDistance
40502 Lexington, KY 2.0 mi
40503 Lexington, KY 2.9 mi
40512 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40522 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40523 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40524 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40533 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40544 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40546 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi
40550 Lexington, KY 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40517?

40517 is in Lexington, Kentucky, in Fayette County, part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.9830, -84.4894.

What county is 40517 in?

40517 lies in Fayette County.

What area code is 40517?

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

What time zone is 40517 in?

40517 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40517?

About 35,656 people live in ZIP code 40517, in 17,301 households, at 5,777.1 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 40517?

$53,670 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40517?

The closest are 40502 (2 mi), 40503 (2.9 mi), 40512 (3.3 mi), 40522 (3.3 mi) and 40523 (3.3 mi).

Is 40517 a PO Box ZIP code?

40517 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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