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42519

ZIP 42519 is Burnside, Kentucky, in Pulaski County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Pulaski
Metro area
Somerset, KY
Population
2,756
Coordinates
36.9553, -84.5350
☼ Live from 42519 — Burnside, KY

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Where 42519 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42519
  • 🔢 Type 42519 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GISZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,519 = 3 × 14173. Its digits add up to 21, a total 2,594 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011000010111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42518 (Bronston, KY, 7 mi away) and 42528 (Dunnville, KY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42519 becomes 91524, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12459, 12495, 12549, 12594, 12945, 14529, …). The farthest-flung twin is 95412 in Annapolis, CA, 2,104 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 64% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯785 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42519 and you would come out at 36.96°S, 95.46°E — 1,210 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 42m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 37m.
  • 📏 At 49.2 square miles of land, 42519 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,756This ZIP2,756
Households1,127This ZIP1,127
Housing units2,006This ZIP2,006
Median age47.2This ZIP47.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$41,964This ZIP$41,964Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$136,200This ZIP$136,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$848This ZIP$848Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher8.6%This ZIP8.6%
Mean commute24.7 minThis ZIP24.7 min
Population density56.0 / sq miThis ZIP56.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments27This ZIP27
Employees504This ZIP504
Annual payroll$20,540,000This ZIP$20,540,000
Tax returns filed1,160This ZIP1,160
Total adjusted gross income$49,731,000This ZIP$49,731,000

Land area

Land area49.23 sq miThis ZIP49.23 sq mi
Water area3.06 sq miThis ZIP3.06 sq mi

Other place names in 42519

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ZIP codes near 42519

ZIPCityDistance
42558 Tateville, KY 2.6 mi
42518 Bronston, KY 6.7 mi
42634 Parkers Lake, KY 7.6 mi
42501 Somerset, KY 8.4 mi
42533 Ferguson, KY 8.7 mi
42502 Somerset, KY 10.2 mi
42564 West Somerset, KY 11.2 mi
42653 Whitley City, KY 12.8 mi
42503 Somerset, KY 14.0 mi
42631 Marshes Siding, KY 15.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42519?

42519 is in Burnside, Kentucky, in Pulaski County, part of the Somerset, KY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 36.9553, -84.5350.

What county is 42519 in?

42519 lies in Pulaski County.

What area code is 42519?

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

What time zone is 42519 in?

42519 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 42519?

About 2,756 people live in ZIP code 42519, in 1,127 households, at 56.0 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 42519?

$41,964 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42519?

The closest are 42558 (2.6 mi), 42518 (6.7 mi), 42634 (7.6 mi), 42501 (8.4 mi) and 42533 (8.7 mi).

Is 42519 a PO Box ZIP code?

42519 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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