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40810

ZIP 40810 is Bledsoe, Kentucky, mostly in Harlan County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Harlan +1 more
Metro area
none
Population
1,323
Coordinates
36.9364, -83.2806
☼ Live from 40810 — Bledsoe, KY

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Where 40810 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40810
  • 🔢 Type 40810 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OIBOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,810 = 2 × 5 × 7 × 11 × 53. Its digits add up to 13, a total 1,179 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111101101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40808 (Big Laurel, KY, 5 mi away) and 40813 (Calvin, KY, 23 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40810 becomes 01804, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00841, 01084, 01840, 04108, 08014, 08041, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00841 in Frederiksted, VI, 1,737 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯851 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40810 and you would come out at 36.94°S, 96.72°E — 1,141 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 68.3 square miles of land, 40810 is bigger than 68% of ZIP codes — room for about 52 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,323This ZIP1,323
Households527This ZIP527
Housing units613This ZIP613
Median age36.4This ZIP36.4Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$40,066This ZIP$40,066Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$64,700This ZIP$64,700Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$485This ZIP$485Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher5.9%This ZIP5.9%
Mean commute29.6 minThis ZIP29.6 min
Population density19.4 / sq miThis ZIP19.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments11This ZIP11
Employees58This ZIP58
Annual payroll$2,551,000This ZIP$2,551,000
Tax returns filed330This ZIP330
Total adjusted gross income$14,540,000This ZIP$14,540,000

Land area

Land area68.26 sq miThis ZIP68.26 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq miThis ZIP0.08 sq mi

Counties 40810 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Harlan County 90.4%
Leslie County 9.6%

ZIP codes near 40810

ZIPCityDistance
40806 Baxter, KY 3.2 mi
40865 Putney, KY 4.0 mi
40808 Big Laurel, KY 5.1 mi
40801 Ages Brookside, KY 5.7 mi
40870 Totz, KY 7.1 mi
40816 Chappell, KY 7.1 mi
40840 Helton, KY 7.7 mi
40854 Loyall, KY 7.7 mi
40818 Coalgood, KY 8.2 mi
40828 Evarts, KY 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40810?

40810 is in Bledsoe, Kentucky, in Harlan County. Its published point location is 36.9364, -83.2806.

What county is 40810 in?

40810 spans 2 counties: Harlan County and Leslie County. Most of it falls in Harlan 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 40810?

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

What time zone is 40810 in?

40810 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40810?

About 1,323 people live in ZIP code 40810, in 527 households, at 19.4 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 40810?

$40,066 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40810?

The closest are 40806 (3.2 mi), 40865 (4 mi), 40808 (5.1 mi), 40801 (5.7 mi) and 40870 (7.1 mi).

Is 40810 a PO Box ZIP code?

40810 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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