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42541 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 42541 covers Middleburg, Kentucky.

Poverty rate
8.4%4 points below the US average
Typical home value
$148,479up 30.4% in five years
Degree or higher
16.3%18.7 points below the US average
Homeownership
100%35 points above the US average
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
6

Where 42541 is

Middleburg, 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 households77.3%
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%
Veterans12.7%
Population by age
MaleFemale0-45-910-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485+
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person$15,910
Poverty rate8.4%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance11.9%

Household income distribution

Under $10k0.0%
$10–15k0.0%
$15–20k10.8%
$20–25k5.4%
$25–30k30.3%
$30–35k3.2%
$35–40k0.0%
$40–45k27.6%
$45–50k4.3%
$50–60k6.5%
$60–75k5.4%
$75–100k0.0%
$100–125k6.5%
$125–150k0.0%
$150–200k0.0%
$200k or more0.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Tax returns filed220
Mean adjusted gross income$51,964
Returns declaring $200,000 or more0%
Returns, under $25k40.9%
Returns, $25k–$50k22.7%
Returns, $50k–$75k13.6%
Returns, $75k–$100k9.1%
Returns, $100k–$200k13.6%
Returns, $200k or more0.0%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Owner-occupied100%
Vacant homes29.4%
Median year built1976

What the homes are

Detached house88.9%
Mobile home11.1%
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$148,479as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 yeardown 4.9%
Typical home value, 5 yearsup 30.4%
Typical home value, 10 yearsup 84.8%
Typical home value since 2000
201520202026$156,207$72,837

$72,837 in 2015 to $148,479 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate9.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher16.3%
High school diploma or higher96.5%
Works from home0%
Drives to work alone100%
Takes public transport0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more31.8%
Health

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

Colorectal screening60.8% 3.5 pts below the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist48.2% 13.1 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use70% 5.9 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours44.1% 7.7 pts above the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost18% 5 pts above the national average of 13%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments6
People employed92
Annual payroll$3,204,000
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 54.7% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss55 out of 100
Community resilience14.8 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.

Strong wind90.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather89.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide86.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought85.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail84.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave82.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado78Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning77Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire72.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding66.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm64.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake59.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane49.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave25Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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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$15,910$34,960$43,289
Poverty rate8.4%16.1%12.4%
Median home value$192,300$303,400
Median gross rent$933$1,348
Homeownership100%68.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher16.3%27%35%
Unemployment rate9.3%4.8%5.2%
Works from home0%9.1%13.5%
Born outside the US0%4.4%13.9%
Median age39.138.7
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 stationBRADFORDSVILLE, KY US32 km away
Rain in a year52 in
Snow in a year14 in

Average high and low by month

January43.7°F / 24.1°F4.09 in rain, 5 in snow
February48.5°F / 25.6°F4.25 in rain, 5 in snow
March57.8°F / 31.9°F4.86 in rain, 1.6 in snow
April68.8°F / 41°F4.85 in rain
May77.1°F / 52.1°F5.02 in rain
June84.7°F / 60.2°F4.99 in rain
July87.8°F / 64.7°F5.31 in rain
August87.2°F / 62.3°F3.85 in rain
September81.9°F / 55°F4.22 in rain
October71°F / 42.7°F2.96 in rain
November58.2°F / 32.9°F3.27 in rain, 0.1 in snow
December47.9°F / 27.8°F4.73 in rain, 2.8 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 supermarket99% of this ZIP code's area
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%.

Casey 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 vulnerability63more vulnerable than 63% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status69more vulnerable than 69% of US census tracts
Household characteristics49more vulnerable than 49% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status2more vulnerable than 2% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport77more vulnerable than 77% of US census tracts
Walkability2.7 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

42566 Yosemite, KY6 km away
40442 Kings Mountain, KY10.7 km away
40437 Hustonville, KY11.3 km away
42539 Liberty, KY13.3 km away
40489 Waynesburg, KY14.8 km away
40448 Mc Kinney, KY15.2 km away
42516 Bethelridge, KY15.4 km away
40484 Stanford, KY22.2 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.

Casey County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area14.86 sq mi
Water area0.08 sq mi
Latitude, longitude37.3591, -84.8321

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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