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40965

ZIP 40965 is Middlesboro, Kentucky, mostly in Bell County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bell +1 more
Metro area
Middlesborough, KY
Population
11,561
Coordinates
36.6200, -83.7318
☼ Live from 40965 — Middlesboro, KY

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Where 40965 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40965
  • 🔢 Type 40965 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SgGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,965 = 3 × 5 × 2731. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010000000000101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40964 (Mary Alice, KY, 25 mi away) and 40972 (Oneida, KY, 44 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40965 becomes 56904, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04956, 04965, 05469, 05649, 06459, 06495, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96450 in FPO AA, a military post office, 8,555 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯835 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40965 and you would come out at 36.62°S, 96.27°E — 1,162 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 40m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 86.3 square miles of land, 40965 is bigger than 74% of ZIP codes — room for about 66 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population11,561This ZIP11,561
Households5,238This ZIP5,238
Housing units6,052This ZIP6,052
Median age40.4This ZIP40.4Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$28,685This ZIP$28,685Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$95,200This ZIP$95,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$595This ZIP$595Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.0%This ZIP18.0%
Mean commute17.3 minThis ZIP17.3 min
Population density134.0 / sq miThis ZIP134.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments318This ZIP318
Employees5,192This ZIP5,192
Annual payroll$199,405,000This ZIP$199,405,000
Tax returns filed4,360This ZIP4,360
Total adjusted gross income$189,322,000This ZIP$189,322,000

Land area

Land area86.29 sq miThis ZIP86.29 sq mi
Water area0.52 sq miThis ZIP0.52 sq mi

Counties 40965 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Bell County 84.9%
Claiborne County 15.1%

Other place names in 40965

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ZIP codes near 40965

ZIPCityDistance
37851 Pruden, TN 5.0 mi
37724 Cumberland Gap, TN 5.1 mi
37867 Shawanee, TN 5.4 mi
37707 Arthur, TN 6.0 mi
40977 Pineville, KY 7.2 mi
40813 Calvin, KY 9.9 mi
40955 Ingram, KY 10.4 mi
40995 Trosper, KY 10.5 mi
37752 Harrogate, TN 10.7 mi
40940 Frakes, KY 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40965?

40965 is in Middlesboro, Kentucky, in Bell County, part of the Middlesborough, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.6200, -83.7318.

What county is 40965 in?

40965 spans 2 counties: Bell County and Claiborne County. Most of it falls in Bell County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 40965?

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

What time zone is 40965 in?

40965 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40965?

About 11,561 people live in ZIP code 40965, in 5,238 households, at 134.0 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 40965?

$28,685 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40965?

The closest are 37851 (5 mi), 37724 (5.1 mi), 37867 (5.4 mi), 37707 (6 mi) and 40977 (7.2 mi).

Is 40965 a PO Box ZIP code?

40965 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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