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42653

ZIP 42653 is Whitley City, Kentucky, in McCreary County; area code 606; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
McCreary
Metro area
none
Population
4,300
Coordinates
36.7821, -84.4547
☼ Live from 42653 — Whitley City, KY

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Where 42653 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 42653
  • 🔢 Type 42653 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ESgZh — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 42,653 = 13 × 17 × 193. Its digits add up to 20, a total 2,586 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1010011010011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 42649 (Strunk, KY, 11 mi away) and 42701 (Elizabethtown, KY, 99 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 42653 becomes 35624, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23456, 23465, 24536, 24563, 24635, 25364, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56324 in Dalton, MN, 877 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 65% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 58%.
  • 🎯793 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 42653 and you would come out at 36.78°S, 95.55°E — 1,203 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 41m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 38m.
  • 📏 At 81.2 square miles of land, 42653 is bigger than 73% of ZIP codes — room for about 62 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population4,300This ZIP4,300
Households1,287This ZIP1,287
Housing units1,649This ZIP1,649
Median age36.2This ZIP36.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$42,656This ZIP$42,656Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$109,200This ZIP$109,200Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$645This ZIP$645Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher7.4%This ZIP7.4%
Mean commute38.0 minThis ZIP38.0 min
Population density53.0 / sq miThis ZIP53.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments91This ZIP91
Employees835This ZIP835
Annual payroll$24,884,000This ZIP$24,884,000
Tax returns filed1,460This ZIP1,460
Total adjusted gross income$63,594,000This ZIP$63,594,000

Land area

Land area81.19 sq miThis ZIP81.19 sq mi
Water area1.25 sq miThis ZIP1.25 sq mi

Other place names in 42653

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ZIP codes near 42653

ZIPCityDistance
42631 Marshes Siding, KY 3.2 mi
42638 Revelo, KY 7.5 mi
42635 Pine Knot, KY 7.9 mi
42634 Parkers Lake, KY 7.9 mi
42649 Strunk, KY 11.0 mi
42647 Stearns, KY 11.8 mi
42519 Burnside, KY 12.8 mi
42518 Bronston, KY 13.3 mi
42558 Tateville, KY 13.5 mi
40769 Williamsburg, KY 15.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 42653?

42653 is in Whitley City, Kentucky, in McCreary County. Its published point location is 36.7821, -84.4547.

What county is 42653 in?

42653 lies in McCreary County.

What area code is 42653?

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

What time zone is 42653 in?

42653 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 42653?

About 4,300 people live in ZIP code 42653, in 1,287 households, at 53.0 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 42653?

$42,656 a year, against $63,726 across Kentucky.

What ZIP codes are near 42653?

The closest are 42631 (3.2 mi), 42638 (7.5 mi), 42635 (7.9 mi), 42634 (7.9 mi) and 42649 (11 mi).

Is 42653 a PO Box ZIP code?

42653 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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