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40902

ZIP 40902 is Arjay, Kentucky, in Bell County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bell
Metro area
Middlesborough, KY
Population
558
Coordinates
36.8615, -83.6022
☼ Live from 40902 — Arjay, KY

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Where 40902 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40902
  • 🔢 Type 40902 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,902 = 2 × 3 × 17 × 401. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111111000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40874 (Warbranch, KY, 11 mi away) and 40903 (Artemus, KY, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40902 becomes 20904 — and that is a real ZIP code: Silver Spring, MD, 392 miles away.
  • 👥 26 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00924, 02904, 02940, 04029, 04092, 04290, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09420 in FPO AE, a military post office, 3,814 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯836 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40902 and you would come out at 36.86°S, 96.40°E — 1,158 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 33.7 square miles of land, 40902 is bigger than 49% of ZIP codes — room for about 26 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population558This ZIP558
Households215This ZIP215
Housing units281This ZIP281
Median age46.3This ZIP46.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median gross rent$1,036This ZIP$1,036Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute24.0 minThis ZIP24.0 min
Population density16.5 / sq miThis ZIP16.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Tax returns filed190This ZIP190
Total adjusted gross income$6,831,000This ZIP$6,831,000

Land area

Land area33.73 sq miThis ZIP33.73 sq mi
Water area0.05 sq miThis ZIP0.05 sq mi

Other place names in 40902

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

ZIP codes near 40902

ZIPCityDistance
40958 Kettle Island, KY 3.6 mi
40997 Walker, KY 4.0 mi
40988 Stoney Fork, KY 4.4 mi
40913 Beverly, KY 5.7 mi
40982 Scalf, KY 6.8 mi
40939 Fourmile, KY 7.4 mi
40930 Dewitt, KY 7.6 mi
40845 Hulen, KY 7.6 mi
40955 Ingram, KY 8.7 mi
40819 Coldiron, KY 9.8 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40902?

40902 is in Arjay, Kentucky, in Bell County, part of the Middlesborough, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8615, -83.6022.

What county is 40902 in?

40902 lies in Bell County.

What area code is 40902?

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

What time zone is 40902 in?

40902 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40902?

About 558 people live in ZIP code 40902, in 215 households, at 16.5 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 40902?

The closest are 40958 (3.6 mi), 40997 (4 mi), 40988 (4.4 mi), 40913 (5.7 mi) and 40982 (6.8 mi).

Is 40902 a PO Box ZIP code?

40902 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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