40949 ZIP Code — Heidrick, KY

ZIP code 40949 covers Heidrick, Kentucky.

Poverty rate: 34.5%22.1 points above the US average
Typical home value: $133,400up 34.4% in five years
Degree or higher: 0%35 points below the US average
Homeownership: 82.5%17.5 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 3

Where 40949 is

Heidrick, Kentucky — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Family households	73.4%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	100%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	0%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person	$24,462
Poverty rate	34.5%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	24%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	6.5%
$10–15k	17.5%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	0.0%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	0.0%
$50–60k	22.7%
$60–75k	0.0%
$75–100k	53.2%
$100–125k	0.0%
$125–150k	0.0%
$150–200k	0.0%
$200k or more	0.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed	260
Mean adjusted gross income	$50,512
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	0%
Returns, under $25k	30.8%
Returns, $25k–$50k	30.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	11.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k	11.5%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$136,200
Owner-occupied	82.5%
Vacant homes	20.2%
Median year built	1975

What the homes are

Detached house	79.8%
2 to 4 units	20.2%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$133,400as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 3.5%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 34.4%

Typical home value since 2000

$74,205 in 2017 to $133,400 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	17.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0%
High school diploma or higher	73%
Works from home	0%
Drives to work alone	100%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	0%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Colorectal screening	62.8% 1.5 pts below the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	49.4% 11.9 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	67.6% 8.3 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	42.2% 5.8 pts above the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	31.9% 18.9 pts above the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	3
People employed	8
Annual payroll	$199,000

Natural hazard risk

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

Overall risk	Higher than 71.6% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss	64.4 out of 100
Community resilience	13.3 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.

Cold wave	98.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	92.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	92.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	89.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	79Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	72.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	71.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	68.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	63.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	48.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	44.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	38.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	20.6Very 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 ZIP	Kentucky	United States
Median household income	—	$62,417	$78,538
Income per person	$24,462	$34,960	$43,289
Poverty rate	34.5%	16.1%	12.4%
Median home value	$136,200	$192,300	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$933	$1,348
Homeownership	82.5%	68.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0%	27%	35%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	4.8%	5.2%
Works from home	0%	9.1%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	4.4%	13.9%
Median age	—	39.1	38.7

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 station	BARBOURVILLE, KY US1.3 km away
Rain in a year	54 in

Average high and low by month

January	45.1°F / 24.6°F4.37 in rain
February	50.1°F / 27.6°F4.35 in rain
March	58.8°F / 32.8°F4.91 in rain
April	69.3°F / 41.3°F5.08 in rain
May	77.4°F / 51.4°F4.54 in rain
June	84.3°F / 60.3°F5.11 in rain
July	87°F / 64.8°F5.77 in rain
August	86.2°F / 63.6°F3.98 in rain
September	81.1°F / 56.3°F3.45 in rain
October	70.6°F / 43.5°F3.13 in rain
November	58.3°F / 32.8°F3.82 in rain
December	48.9°F / 27.9°F5.26 in rain

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 supermarket	100% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarket	100% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	100% of this ZIP code's area

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%.

Knox County School District	100% 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 vulnerability	60more vulnerable than 60% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	64more vulnerable than 64% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	89more vulnerable than 89% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	0more vulnerable than 0% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Walkability	4.3 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

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

40906 Barbourville, KY	3.1 km away
40923 Cannon, KY	3.7 km away
40915 Bimble, KY	3.9 km away
40946 Green Road, KY	4.3 km away
40903 Artemus, KY	6.7 km away
40953 Hinkle, KY	7.8 km away
40943 Girdler, KY	8.9 km away
40935 Flat Lick, KY	11.3 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.

Knox County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	1.95 sq mi
Latitude, longitude	36.8904, -83.8716

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.