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40536 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 40536 covers Lexington, Kentucky, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
10

Where 40536 is

Lexington, Kentucky — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments10
People employed10,161
Annual payroll$674,541,000
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 82.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss73.2 out of 100
Community resilience65.8 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Tornado98.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm93.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather93Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail91.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind91Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake90.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning87.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave86.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire72.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane49.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave49.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding44.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide9.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Kentucky and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPKentuckyUnited States
Median household income$62,417$78,538
Income per person$34,960$43,289
Poverty rate16.1%12.4%
Median home value$192,300$303,400
Median gross rent$933$1,348
Homeownership68.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher27%35%
Unemployment rate4.8%5.2%
Works from home9.1%13.5%
Born outside the US4.4%13.9%
Median age39.138.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationLEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AP, KY US8.6 km away
Rain in a year50 in
Snow in a year14 in

Average high and low by month

January42.3°F / 25.4°F3.42 in rain, 4.7 in snow
February46.8°F / 28.3°F3.64 in rain, 4.5 in snow
March56.1°F / 35.8°F4.48 in rain, 2.8 in snow
April67.2°F / 45.2°F4.42 in rain, 0.2 in snow
May75.8°F / 55°F5.44 in rain
June83.8°F / 62.8°F4.96 in rain
July86.9°F / 66.5°F5.12 in rain
August86.2°F / 65.2°F3.71 in rain
September80.2°F / 58.1°F3.42 in rain
October68.6°F / 47°F3.66 in rain
November55.8°F / 36.4°F3.37 in rain, 0.4 in snow
December45.9°F / 29.6°F4.2 in rain, 1.9 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Fayette County School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability22more vulnerable than 22% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status66more vulnerable than 66% of US census tracts
Household characteristics0more vulnerable than 0% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status38more vulnerable than 38% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport36more vulnerable than 36% of US census tracts
Walkability12.7 out of 20Above average
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

40506 Lexington, KY0.4 km away
40507 Lexington, KY2 km away
40508 Lexington, KY2.3 km away
40502 Lexington, KY2.6 km away
40504 Lexington, KY3.2 km away
40512 Lexington, KY3.3 km away
40522 Lexington, KY3.3 km away
40523 Lexington, KY3.3 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Fayette County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.1 sq mi
Latitude, longitude38.0321, -84.5084

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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