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40977

ZIP 40977 is Pineville, Kentucky, in Bell County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Bell
Metro area
Middlesborough, KY
Population
8,367
Coordinates
36.7240, -83.7292
☼ Live from 40977 — Pineville, KY

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Where 40977 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 40977
  • 🔢 Type 40977 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LLGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 40,977 = 3 × 3 × 29 × 157. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010000000010001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40972 (Oneida, KY, 37 mi away) and 40979 (Roark, KY, 24 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 40977 becomes 77904 — and that is a real ZIP code: Victoria, TX, 940 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04779, 07974, 09747, 09774, 47907, 47970, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09747 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,149 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 66% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 61%.
  • 🎯832 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 40977 and you would come out at 36.72°S, 96.27°E — 1,163 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 39m.
  • 📏 At 133.7 square miles of land, 40977 is bigger than 84% of ZIP codes — room for about 101 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,367This ZIP8,367
Households3,267This ZIP3,267
Housing units3,918This ZIP3,918
Median age43.6This ZIP43.6Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$37,917This ZIP$37,917Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$85,600This ZIP$85,600Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$538This ZIP$538Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher17.4%This ZIP17.4%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density62.6 / sq miThis ZIP62.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments101This ZIP101
Employees1,163This ZIP1,163
Annual payroll$41,955,000This ZIP$41,955,000
Tax returns filed2,640This ZIP2,640
Total adjusted gross income$130,139,000This ZIP$130,139,000

Land area

Land area133.69 sq miThis ZIP133.69 sq mi
Water area1.02 sq miThis ZIP1.02 sq mi

Other place names in 40977

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

ZIP codes near 40977

ZIPCityDistance
40955 Ingram, KY 3.3 mi
40995 Trosper, KY 5.6 mi
40939 Fourmile, KY 6.0 mi
40903 Artemus, KY 6.7 mi
40965 Middlesboro, KY 7.2 mi
40813 Calvin, KY 7.6 mi
40958 Kettle Island, KY 9.4 mi
40930 Dewitt, KY 10.6 mi
40921 Bryants Store, KY 10.6 mi
37867 Shawanee, TN 10.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 40977?

40977 is in Pineville, Kentucky, in Bell County, part of the Middlesborough, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.7240, -83.7292.

What county is 40977 in?

40977 lies in Bell County.

What area code is 40977?

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

What time zone is 40977 in?

40977 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 40977?

About 8,367 people live in ZIP code 40977, in 3,267 households, at 62.6 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 40977?

$37,917 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 40977?

The closest are 40955 (3.3 mi), 40995 (5.6 mi), 40939 (6 mi), 40903 (6.7 mi) and 40965 (7.2 mi).

Is 40977 a PO Box ZIP code?

40977 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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