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40740

ZIP 40740 is Lily, Kentucky, in Laurel County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Laurel
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Population
3,880
Coordinates
37.0206, -84.0373
☼ Live from 40740 — Lily, KY

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Where 40740 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40740
  • 🔢 Type 40740 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OhLOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,740 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 97. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111100100100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40737 (Keavy, KY, 6 mi away) and 40741 (London, KY, 9 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40740 becomes 04704, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00744, 04047, 04074, 04740, 07044, 07440, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00744 in Rio Blanco, PR, 1,707 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯810 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40740 and you would come out at 37.02°S, 95.96°E — 1,183 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 15.1 square miles of land, 40740 is bigger than 33% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population3,880This ZIP3,880
Households1,286This ZIP1,286
Housing units1,422This ZIP1,422
Median age39.7This ZIP39.7Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$63,701This ZIP$63,701Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$111,100This ZIP$111,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$734This ZIP$734Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher11.6%This ZIP11.6%
Mean commute20.3 minThis ZIP20.3 min
Population density256.6 / sq miThis ZIP256.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments24This ZIP24
Employees300This ZIP300
Annual payroll$16,073,000This ZIP$16,073,000
Tax returns filed1,140This ZIP1,140
Total adjusted gross income$52,395,000This ZIP$52,395,000

Land area

Land area15.12 sq miThis ZIP15.12 sq mi
Water area0.15 sq miThis ZIP0.15 sq mi

ZIP codes near 40740

ZIPCityDistance
40744 London, KY 4.1 mi
40737 Keavy, KY 6.1 mi
40702 Corbin, KY 6.8 mi
40734 Gray, KY 7.1 mi
40743 London, KY 7.9 mi
40750 London, KY 7.9 mi
40741 London, KY 9.0 mi
40742 London, KY 9.2 mi
40745 London, KY 9.2 mi
40701 Corbin, KY 10.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40740?

40740 is in Lily, Kentucky, in Laurel County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0206, -84.0373.

What county is 40740 in?

40740 lies in Laurel County.

What area code is 40740?

Lily uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 40740 in?

40740 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40740?

About 3,880 people live in ZIP code 40740, in 1,286 households, at 256.6 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 40740?

$63,701 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40740?

The closest are 40744 (4.1 mi), 40737 (6.1 mi), 40702 (6.8 mi), 40734 (7.1 mi) and 40743 (7.9 mi).

Is 40740 a PO Box ZIP code?

40740 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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