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40903

ZIP 40903 is Artemus, Kentucky, in Knox County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Population
558
Coordinates
36.8029, -83.8009
☼ Live from 40903 — Artemus, KY

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Where 40903 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40903
  • 🔢 Type 40903 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 40903 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111111000111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40902 (Arjay, KY, 12 mi away) and 40906 (Barbourville, KY, 7 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40903 becomes 30904 — and that is a real ZIP code: Augusta, GA, 251 miles away.
  • 👥 25 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00934, 03049, 03904, 04039, 04093, 04903, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09034 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,388 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯827 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40903 and you would come out at 36.80°S, 96.20°E — 1,168 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 18.1 square miles of land, 40903 is bigger than 36% of ZIP codes — room for about 14 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population558This ZIP558
Households232This ZIP232
Housing units334This ZIP334
Median age54.7This ZIP54.7Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$60,833This ZIP$60,833Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$38,500This ZIP$38,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher4.5%This ZIP4.5%
Mean commute25.9 minThis ZIP25.9 min
Population density30.8 / sq miThis ZIP30.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees14This ZIP14
Annual payroll$400,000This ZIP$400,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$12,319,000This ZIP$12,319,000

Land area

Land area18.13 sq miThis ZIP18.13 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Other place names in 40903

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ZIP codes near 40903

ZIPCityDistance
40995 Trosper, KY 3.7 mi
40939 Fourmile, KY 4.5 mi
40921 Bryants Store, KY 5.6 mi
40955 Ingram, KY 5.6 mi
40915 Bimble, KY 6.1 mi
40930 Dewitt, KY 6.2 mi
40977 Pineville, KY 6.7 mi
40906 Barbourville, KY 7.3 mi
40949 Heidrick, KY 7.7 mi
40923 Cannon, KY 8.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40903?

40903 is in Artemus, Kentucky, in Knox County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8029, -83.8009.

What county is 40903 in?

40903 lies in Knox County.

What area code is 40903?

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

What time zone is 40903 in?

40903 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40903?

About 558 people live in ZIP code 40903, in 232 households, at 30.8 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 40903?

$60,833 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40903?

The closest are 40995 (3.7 mi), 40939 (4.5 mi), 40921 (5.6 mi), 40955 (5.6 mi) and 40915 (6.1 mi).

Is 40903 a PO Box ZIP code?

40903 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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