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41522

ZIP 41522 is Elkhorn City, Kentucky, in Pike County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pike
Metro area
Pikeville, KY
Population
4,341
Coordinates
37.3221, -82.3995
☼ Live from 41522 — Elkhorn City, KY

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Where 41522 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 41522
  • 🔢 Type 41522 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZZSIh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 41,522 = 2 × 13 × 1597. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010001000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 41520 (Dorton, KY, 10 mi away) and 41524 (Fedscreek, KY, 12 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 41522 becomes 22514 — and that is a real ZIP code: Milford, VA, 281 miles away.
  • 👥 32 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12245, 12452, 12524, 12542, 14225, 14522, …). The farthest-flung twin is 51242 in Lester, IA, 845 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 62% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 65%.
  • 🎯890 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 41522 and you would come out at 37.32°S, 97.60°E — 1,100 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 35m.
  • 📏 At 70.1 square miles of land, 41522 is bigger than 69% of ZIP codes — room for about 53 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,341This ZIP4,341
Households1,935This ZIP1,935
Housing units2,443This ZIP2,443
Median age51.1This ZIP51.1Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$37,331This ZIP$37,331Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$90,600This ZIP$90,600Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$879This ZIP$879Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher14.1%This ZIP14.1%
Mean commute37.3 minThis ZIP37.3 min
Population density61.9 / sq miThis ZIP61.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments56This ZIP56
Employees392This ZIP392
Annual payroll$15,762,000This ZIP$15,762,000
Tax returns filed1,320This ZIP1,320
Total adjusted gross income$63,151,000This ZIP$63,151,000

Land area

Land area70.14 sq miThis ZIP70.14 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 41522

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

ZIP codes near 41522

ZIPCityDistance
41561 Rockhouse, KY 3.5 mi
41542 Lookout, KY 3.6 mi
41513 Belcher, KY 3.7 mi
41559 Regina, KY 4.0 mi
41540 Lick Creek, KY 5.9 mi
41534 Hellier, KY 6.2 mi
41512 Ashcamp, KY 6.5 mi
41562 Shelbiana, KY 6.8 mi
24607 Breaks, VA 7.3 mi
41554 Phyllis, KY 8.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 41522?

41522 is in Elkhorn City, Kentucky, in Pike County, part of the Pikeville, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.3221, -82.3995.

What county is 41522 in?

41522 lies in Pike County.

What area code is 41522?

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

What time zone is 41522 in?

41522 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 41522?

About 4,341 people live in ZIP code 41522, in 1,935 households, at 61.9 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 41522?

$37,331 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 41522?

The closest are 41561 (3.5 mi), 41542 (3.6 mi), 41513 (3.7 mi), 41559 (4 mi) and 41540 (5.9 mi).

Is 41522 a PO Box ZIP code?

41522 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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