Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/40873

40873

ZIP 40873 is Wallins Creek, Kentucky, in Harlan County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Harlan
Metro area
none
Population
2,167
Coordinates
36.8109, -83.4000
☼ Live from 40873 — Wallins Creek, KY

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 40873 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40873
  • 🔢 Type 40873 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ELBOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,873 = 7 × 5839. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111110101001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40870 (Totz, KY, 16 mi away) and 40874 (Warbranch, KY, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40873 becomes 37804 — and that is a real ZIP code: Maryville, TN, 76 miles away.
  • 👥 53 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03748, 03784, 03847, 03874, 04738, 04783, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83704 in Boise, ID, 1,785 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 62%.
  • 🎯848 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40873 and you would come out at 36.81°S, 96.60°E — 1,146 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 27.4 square miles of land, 40873 is bigger than 44% of ZIP codes — room for about 21 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 40873 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,167This ZIP2,167
Households815This ZIP815
Housing units992This ZIP992
Median age42.3This ZIP42.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$33,359This ZIP$33,359Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$88,900This ZIP$88,900Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$845This ZIP$845Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher5.9%This ZIP5.9%
Mean commute28.0 minThis ZIP28.0 min
Population density79.1 / sq miThis ZIP79.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees3This ZIP3
Annual payroll$58,000This ZIP$58,000
Tax returns filed630This ZIP630
Total adjusted gross income$28,483,000This ZIP$28,483,000

Land area

Land area27.38 sq miThis ZIP27.38 sq mi
Water area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi

Other place names in 40873

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

ZIP codes near 40873

ZIPCityDistance
40824 Dayhoit, KY 1.7 mi
40819 Coldiron, KY 2.4 mi
40854 Loyall, KY 3.2 mi
40964 Mary Alice, KY 4.0 mi
40830 Gulston, KY 4.5 mi
40831 Harlan, KY 5.3 mi
40829 Grays Knob, KY 5.5 mi
40845 Hulen, KY 6.0 mi
40863 Pathfork, KY 6.0 mi
40988 Stoney Fork, KY 7.9 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 40873 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40873?

40873 is in Wallins Creek, Kentucky, in Harlan County. Its published point location is 36.8109, -83.4000.

What county is 40873 in?

40873 lies in Harlan County.

What area code is 40873?

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

What time zone is 40873 in?

40873 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40873?

About 2,167 people live in ZIP code 40873, in 815 households, at 79.1 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 40873?

$33,359 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40873?

The closest are 40824 (1.7 mi), 40819 (2.4 mi), 40854 (3.2 mi), 40964 (4 mi) and 40830 (4.5 mi).

Is 40873 a PO Box ZIP code?

40873 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “40873 ZIP Code — Wallins Creek, Kentucky (Harlan County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/40873

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/40873.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.