Código postal 42127 — Cave City, KY

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El código postal 42127 cubre Cave City, Kentucky, con una población de unos 6,356 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $43,190.

Población: 6,35671 per square mile
Edad media: 44.86.1 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $43,19031% below the Kentucky median
Tasa de pobreza: 24.4%12 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $210,106up 25.5% in five years
Alquiler medio: $67128% below the Kentucky median
Título universitario o superior: 9.3%25.7 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 53.5%11.5 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 93

Dónde está 42127

Cave City, Kentucky — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	6,356
Edad media	44.8
Hogares familiares	64.6%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.1%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	1%
Blanca (no hispana)	90.8%
Negra (no hispana)	3.3%
Asiática (no hispana)	1%
Hispana o latina	1.3%
Veteranos	7.5%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$43,190
Ingreso por persona	$25,751
Tasa de pobreza	24.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	19.8%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	10.4%
$10–15k	10.1%
$15–20k	6.9%
$20–25k	4.2%
$25–30k	8.0%
$30–35k	3.6%
$35–40k	2.9%
$40–45k	5.5%
$45–50k	8.2%
$50–60k	5.0%
$60–75k	11.3%
$75–100k	8.7%
$100–125k	6.0%
$125–150k	3.1%
$150–200k	3.0%
$200k or more	3.2%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	2,610
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$50,525
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	1.9%
Returns, under $25k	37.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.1%
Returns, $50k–$75k	16.9%
Returns, $75k–$100k	8.4%
Returns, $100k–$200k	9.2%
Returns, $200k or more	1.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$161,700
Alquiler bruto medio	$671
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	27.2%
Ocupada por su propietario	53.5%
Viviendas vacías	8.9%
Año medio de construcción	1987

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	60.4%
Casa adosada	1.1%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	15.7%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	5.1%
20 o más viviendas	0.4%
Casa móvil	17.3%

Precios y alquileres actuales

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.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$210,106as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 4.6%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 25.5%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 80.1%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$75,078 in 2000 to $210,106 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	8.1%
Licenciatura o superior	9.3%
Bachillerato o superior	84.5%
Trabaja desde casa	6.9%
Conduce solo al trabajo	77.7%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	20%

Salud

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

Cribado colorrectal	60.6% 3.7 pts below the national average of 64.3%
Visitó al dentista	48.2% 13.1 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Mamografía	68.4% 7.5 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	43.6% 7.2 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	28.8% 15.8 pts above the national average of 13%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	93
Personas empleadas	875
Nómina anual	$25,488,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

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

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 63.4% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 4 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	59.1 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	41 sobre 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.

Viento fuerte	93.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	91.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	89.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	89Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	87.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	86.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	83.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	79.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	69.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	68.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	65.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	55.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	53.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	45.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Kentucky y Estados Unidos

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
Ingreso medio del hogar	$43,190	$62,417	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$25,751	$34,960	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	24.4%	16.1%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$161,700	$192,300	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$671	$933	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	53.5%	68.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	9.3%	27%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	8.1%	4.8%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	6.9%	9.1%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.1%	4.4%	13.9%
Edad media	44.8	39.1	38.7

Clima

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.

Estación meteorológica	GLASGOW, KY US13.3 km away
Lluvia al año	55 in
Nieve al año	6 in

Average high and low by month

enero	47.2°F / 29°F4.14 in rain, 2.2 in snow
febrero	52.4°F / 31.3°F4.4 in rain, 1.7 in snow
marzo	61.6°F / 39°F5.15 in rain, 0.9 in snow
abril	72.8°F / 46.5°F5.27 in rain
mayo	80.7°F / 56.2°F5.77 in rain
junio	87.3°F / 64°F4.88 in rain
julio	90.3°F / 67.9°F4.97 in rain
agosto	89.9°F / 65.8°F3.44 in rain
septiembre	83.8°F / 58.7°F3.79 in rain
octubre	73.5°F / 48°F3.74 in rain
noviembre	60.4°F / 38.5°F3.92 in rain
diciembre	50.5°F / 32.3°F5.41 in rain, 0.9 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

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.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	28% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	28% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	43% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

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%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Barren County School District	74.9% de la superficie de este código postal
Hart County School District	14.9% de la superficie de este código postal
Caverna Independent School District	10.2% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

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.

Vulnerabilidad social general	56más vulnerable que el 56% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	64más vulnerable que el 64% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	55más vulnerable que el 55% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	15más vulnerable que el 15% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	57más vulnerable que el 57% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.7 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

42160 Park City, KY	a 9.4 km
42749 Horse Cave, KY	a 9.5 km
42152 Hiseville, KY	a 11.5 km
42142 Glasgow, KY	a 13.8 km
42141 Glasgow, KY	a 14.5 km
42163 Rocky Hill, KY	a 17.9 km
42765 Munfordville, KY	a 19.3 km
42746 Hardyville, KY	a 20.7 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

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.

Barren County	85.1% of this ZIP code's land area
Hart County	14.9% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	89.74 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.85 sq mi
Densidad de población	71 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	37.1170, -85.9443

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.