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40769

ZIP 40769 is Williamsburg, Kentucky, mostly in Whitley County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Whitley +1 more
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Population
18,218
Coordinates
36.7044, -84.1897
☼ Live from 40769 — Williamsburg, KY

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Where 40769 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40769
  • 🔢 Type 40769 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GgLOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,769 = 59 × 691. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111101000001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40763 (Siler, KY, 15 mi away) and 40771 (Woodbine, KY, 14 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40769 becomes 96704 — and that is a real ZIP code: Captain Cook, HI, 4,434 miles away.
  • 👥 50 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04679, 04769, 04967, 04976, 06479, 06749, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96407 in APO AA, a military post office, 8,507 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 59%.
  • 🎯809 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40769 and you would come out at 36.70°S, 95.81°E — 1,188 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 280.8 square miles of land, 40769 is bigger than 94% of ZIP codes — room for about 213 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,218This ZIP18,218
Households6,103This ZIP6,103
Housing units7,262This ZIP7,262
Median age30.8This ZIP30.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$43,878This ZIP$43,878Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$105,500This ZIP$105,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$840This ZIP$840Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute23.7 minThis ZIP23.7 min
Population density64.9 / sq miThis ZIP64.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments205This ZIP205
Employees4,322This ZIP4,322
Annual payroll$174,331,000This ZIP$174,331,000
Tax returns filed5,900This ZIP5,900
Total adjusted gross income$273,997,000This ZIP$273,997,000

Land area

Land area280.78 sq miThis ZIP280.78 sq mi
Water area3.12 sq miThis ZIP3.12 sq mi

Counties 40769 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Whitley County 93.5%
McCreary County 6.6%

Other place names in 40769

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ZIP codes near 40769

ZIPCityDistance
40730 Emlyn, KY 2.7 mi
37819 Newcomb, TN 9.4 mi
37762 Jellico, TN 9.7 mi
40759 Rockholds, KY 10.5 mi
42635 Pine Knot, KY 12.0 mi
42649 Strunk, KY 13.6 mi
40771 Woodbine, KY 13.8 mi
37892 Winfield, TN 13.9 mi
40701 Corbin, KY 14.5 mi
40763 Siler, KY 14.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40769?

40769 is in Williamsburg, Kentucky, in Whitley County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7044, -84.1897.

What county is 40769 in?

40769 spans 2 counties: Whitley County and McCreary County. Most of it falls in Whitley 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 40769?

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

What time zone is 40769 in?

40769 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40769?

About 18,218 people live in ZIP code 40769, in 6,103 households, at 64.9 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 40769?

$43,878 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40769?

The closest are 40730 (2.7 mi), 37819 (9.4 mi), 37762 (9.7 mi), 40759 (10.5 mi) and 42635 (12 mi).

Is 40769 a PO Box ZIP code?

40769 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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