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40856

ZIP 40856 is Miracle, Kentucky, in Bell County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bell
Metro area
Middlesborough, KY
Population
745
Coordinates
36.7232, -83.5275
☼ Live from 40856 — Miracle, KY

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Where 40856 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40856
  • 🔢 Type 40856 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSBOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,856 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5107. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111110011000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40855 (Lynch, KY, 38 mi away) and 40858 (Mozelle, KY, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40856 becomes 65804 — and that is a real ZIP code: Springfield, MO, 538 miles away.
  • 👥 66 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04568, 04658, 04685, 04856, 04865, 05468, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86405 in Lake Havasu City, AZ, 1,729 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯843 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40856 and you would come out at 36.72°S, 96.47°E — 1,152 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 30.8 square miles of land, 40856 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population745This ZIP745
Households325This ZIP325
Housing units367This ZIP367
Median age51.8This ZIP51.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$47,880This ZIP$47,880Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$83,300This ZIP$83,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher3.1%This ZIP3.1%
Mean commute33.7 minThis ZIP33.7 min
Population density24.2 / sq miThis ZIP24.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed210This ZIP210
Total adjusted gross income$9,122,000This ZIP$9,122,000

Land area

Land area30.80 sq miThis ZIP30.80 sq mi
Water area0.04 sq miThis ZIP0.04 sq mi

ZIP codes near 40856

ZIPCityDistance
40813 Calvin, KY 3.7 mi
40845 Hulen, KY 4.5 mi
40863 Pathfork, KY 5.4 mi
40958 Kettle Island, KY 7.1 mi
40819 Coldiron, KY 7.2 mi
24248 Ewing, VA 7.9 mi
40873 Wallins Creek, KY 9.3 mi
40988 Stoney Fork, KY 10.1 mi
37752 Harrogate, TN 10.2 mi
40902 Arjay, KY 10.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40856?

40856 is in Miracle, Kentucky, in Bell County, part of the Middlesborough, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7232, -83.5275.

What county is 40856 in?

40856 lies in Bell County.

What area code is 40856?

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

What time zone is 40856 in?

40856 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40856?

About 745 people live in ZIP code 40856, in 325 households, at 24.2 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 40856?

$47,880 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40856?

The closest are 40813 (3.7 mi), 40845 (4.5 mi), 40863 (5.4 mi), 40958 (7.1 mi) and 40819 (7.2 mi).

Is 40856 a PO Box ZIP code?

40856 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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