40997
ZIP 40997 is Walker, Kentucky, in Knox County; area code 606; Eastern time.
- Type
- Standard
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- County
- Knox
- Metro area
- Corbin, KY
- Population
- 404
- Coordinates
- 36.8945, -83.6620
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Where 40997 is
Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.
- 🔢 Type 40997 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LGGOh — not quite a word, sorry.
- ➕ As a number, 40,997 = 11 × 3727. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
- 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it:
1010000000100101 - 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 40995 (Trosper, KY, 13 mi away) and 41001 (Alexandria, KY, 145 mi away).
- 🔄 Backwards, 40997 becomes 79904 — and that is a real ZIP code: El Paso, TX, 1,343 miles away.
- 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04979, 09497, 09749, 40979, 47909, 47990, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09749 in APO AE, a military post office, 7,138 miles away.
- 🧭 Farther south than 65% 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 40997 and you would come out at 36.89°S, 96.34°E — 1,161 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
- ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
- 📏 At 25.7 square miles of land, 40997 is bigger than 42% of ZIP codes — room for about 19 Central Parks.
- Working out the sun…
- Checking the USGS…
Source: USGS.
People and housing
| Population | 404This ZIP404 |
|---|---|
| Households | 197This ZIP197 |
| Housing units | 234This ZIP234 |
| Median age | 30.3This ZIP30.3Kentucky39.1US 38.9 |
| Median home value | $64,100This ZIP$64,100Kentucky$205,600US $332,700 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 1.8%This ZIP1.8% |
| Population density | 15.7 / sq miThis ZIP15.7 / sq mi |
Land area
| Land area | 25.66 sq miThis ZIP25.66 sq mi |
|---|---|
| Water area | 0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi |
ZIP codes near 40997
| ZIP | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
40982 | Scalf, KY | 3.0 mi |
40902 | Arjay, KY | 4.0 mi |
40930 | Dewitt, KY | 4.4 mi |
40913 | Beverly, KY | 6.4 mi |
40939 | Fourmile, KY | 6.7 mi |
40935 | Flat Lick, KY | 6.7 mi |
40958 | Kettle Island, KY | 6.9 mi |
40988 | Stoney Fork, KY | 7.9 mi |
40953 | Hinkle, KY | 8.3 mi |
40915 | Bimble, KY | 8.3 mi |
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Questions about this ZIP code
Where is ZIP code 40997?
40997 is in Walker, Kentucky, in Knox County, part of the Corbin, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.8945, -83.6620.
What county is 40997 in?
40997 lies in Knox County.
What area code is 40997?
Walker uses area code 606, from NANPA's telephone records.
What time zone is 40997 in?
40997 uses America/New_York.
How many people live in 40997?
About 404 people live in ZIP code 40997, in 197 households, at 15.7 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 40997?
The closest are 40982 (3 mi), 40902 (4 mi), 40930 (4.4 mi), 40913 (6.4 mi) and 40939 (6.7 mi).
Is 40997 a PO Box ZIP code?
40997 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.
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