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40949

ZIP 40949 is Heidrick, Kentucky, in Knox County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Knox
Metro area
Corbin, KY
Population
468
Coordinates
36.9011, -83.8683
☼ Live from 40949 — Heidrick, KY

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Where 40949 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40949
  • 🔢 Type 40949 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 40949 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001111111110101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40946 (Green Road, KY, 5 mi away) and 40951 (Hima, KY, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40949 becomes 94904 — and that is a real ZIP code: Greenbrae, CA, 2,108 miles away.
  • 👥 8 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04949, 09449, 09494, 44099, 49094, 49409, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09449 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,019 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 60%.
  • 🎯821 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40949 and you would come out at 36.90°S, 96.13°E — 1,173 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 2.0 square miles of land, 40949 is bigger than 11% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.5 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population468This ZIP468
Households175This ZIP175
Housing units175This ZIP175
Median age52.8This ZIP52.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$54,688This ZIP$54,688Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$134,700This ZIP$134,700Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Population density239.5 / sq miThis ZIP239.5 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees10This ZIP10
Annual payroll$218,000This ZIP$218,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$13,133,000This ZIP$13,133,000

Land area

Land area1.95 sq miThis ZIP1.95 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 40949

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

ZIP codes near 40949

ZIPCityDistance
40906 Barbourville, KY 0.9 mi
40923 Cannon, KY 1.8 mi
40915 Bimble, KY 3.2 mi
40943 Girdler, KY 4.0 mi
40953 Hinkle, KY 4.5 mi
40946 Green Road, KY 4.6 mi
40734 Gray, KY 6.2 mi
40930 Dewitt, KY 7.4 mi
40935 Flat Lick, KY 7.5 mi
40903 Artemus, KY 7.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40949?

40949 is in Heidrick, Kentucky, in Knox County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9011, -83.8683.

What county is 40949 in?

40949 lies in Knox County.

What area code is 40949?

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

What time zone is 40949 in?

40949 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40949?

About 468 people live in ZIP code 40949, in 175 households, at 239.5 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 40949?

$54,688 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40949?

The closest are 40906 (0.9 mi), 40923 (1.8 mi), 40915 (3.2 mi), 40943 (4 mi) and 40953 (4.5 mi).

Is 40949 a PO Box ZIP code?

40949 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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