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40744

ZIP 40744 is in London, Kentucky, mostly in Laurel County; area code 606; Eastern time. London has 6 ZIP codes; the others are 40741, 40742, 40743, 40745 and 40750.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Laurel +1 more
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Population
20,137
Coordinates
37.0319, -84.1099
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Where 40744 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40744
  • 🔢 Type 40744 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hhLOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,744 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 463. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111100101000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40743 (London, KY, 8 mi away) and 40745 (London, KY, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40744 becomes 44704 — and that is a real ZIP code: Canton, OH, 300 miles away.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04474, 04744, 07444, 40447, 44047, 44074, …). The farthest-flung twin is 04744 in Fort Kent Mills, ME, 1,060 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯806 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40744 and you would come out at 37.03°S, 95.89°E — 1,188 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 103.7 square miles of land, 40744 is bigger than 79% of ZIP codes — room for about 79 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population20,137This ZIP20,137
Households7,507This ZIP7,507
Housing units8,218This ZIP8,218
Median age40.3This ZIP40.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$64,369This ZIP$64,369Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$172,700This ZIP$172,700Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$825This ZIP$825Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.0%This ZIP17.0%
Mean commute22.5 minThis ZIP22.5 min
Population density194.1 / sq miThis ZIP194.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments218This ZIP218
Employees3,913This ZIP3,913
Annual payroll$166,554,000This ZIP$166,554,000
Tax returns filed7,530This ZIP7,530
Total adjusted gross income$457,876,000This ZIP$457,876,000

Land area

Land area103.75 sq miThis ZIP103.75 sq mi
Water area3.58 sq miThis ZIP3.58 sq mi

Counties 40744 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Laurel County 97.7%
Clay County 2.3%

Other place names in 40744

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 40744

ZIPCityDistance
40737 Keavy, KY 2.5 mi
40740 Lily, KY 4.1 mi
40702 Corbin, KY 6.5 mi
40750 London, KY 6.9 mi
40741 London, KY 7.0 mi
40742 London, KY 7.3 mi
40745 London, KY 7.3 mi
40743 London, KY 7.9 mi
40701 Corbin, KY 8.8 mi
40755 Pittsburg, KY 9.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40744?

40744 is in London, Kentucky, in Laurel County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.0319, -84.1099.

What county is 40744 in?

40744 spans 2 counties: Laurel County and Clay County. Most of it falls in Laurel 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 40744?

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

What time zone is 40744 in?

40744 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40744?

About 20,137 people live in ZIP code 40744, in 7,507 households, at 194.1 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 40744?

$64,369 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40744?

The closest are 40737 (2.5 mi), 40740 (4.1 mi), 40702 (6.5 mi), 40750 (6.9 mi) and 40741 (7 mi).

Is 40744 a PO Box ZIP code?

40744 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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