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42163 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 42163 covers Rocky Hill, Kentucky.

Median age
34.44.3 points below the US average
Poverty rate
0%12.4 points below the US average
Degree or higher
0%35 points below the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 42163 is

Rocky Hill, 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

Median age34.4
Born outside the US0%
Speaks a language other than English at home0%
White (non-Hispanic)100%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino0%
Veterans0%
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Poverty rate0%
Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher0%
High school diploma or higher54.3%
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 34.2% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss40.3 out of 100
Community resilience20.9 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.

Hail93.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind87.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought85.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm74.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado72.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide64.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning58.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather55Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave52.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire47.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake46.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave38Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding38Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane33.3Very 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 rate0%16.1%12.4%
Median home value$192,300$303,400
Median gross rent$933$1,348
Homeownership68.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher0%27%35%
Unemployment rate54.3%4.8%5.2%
Works from home9.1%13.5%
Born outside the US0%4.4%13.9%
Median age34.439.138.7
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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 stationMAMMOTH CAVE, KY US7.1 km away
Rain in a year53 in
Snow in a year4 in

Average high and low by month

January47.9°F / 29.3°F3.73 in rain, 0.7 in snow
February53.2°F / 32.2°F4.47 in rain, 1.4 in snow
March62.3°F / 39.5°F5.01 in rain, 0.6 in snow
April73.4°F / 48°F4.92 in rain
May81.2°F / 56.8°F5.16 in rain
June88°F / 64.4°F4.84 in rain
July91°F / 68.3°F4.93 in rain
August90.2°F / 66.7°F3.82 in rain
September85°F / 60°F3.95 in rain
October74°F / 49.1°F3.79 in rain
November61.2°F / 39.7°F4.09 in rain
December51°F / 33°F4.78 in rain, 1.3 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%.

Edmonson 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 vulnerability26more vulnerable than 26% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status58more vulnerable than 58% of US census tracts
Household characteristics27more vulnerable than 27% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status8more vulnerable than 8% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport11more vulnerable than 11% of US census tracts
Walkability4.3 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

42171 Smiths Grove, KY5.2 km away
42160 Park City, KY8.5 km away
42159 Oakland, KY12.8 km away
42127 Cave City, KY17.9 km away
42141 Glasgow, KY21 km away
42142 Glasgow, KY21.5 km away
42210 Brownsville, KY22 km away
42259 Mammoth Cave, KY23.7 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.

Edmonson County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.82 sq mi
Latitude, longitude37.0689, -86.1364

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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