PlainZIP

Barlow, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Barlow, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,490. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BARLOW-KY · Barlow, KY 1 ZIPs · 1,490 pop · #22642/25278 · Ballard County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $46,925
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22642/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under La Center
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,490
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $129,800

Nearest income peer: La Center, KY (+ $9,851 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Barlow

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Barlow on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Barlow, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

10th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,490
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$46,925
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($46,925 average) · poverty 18.5%. The primary code (42024) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Barlow as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Mount Vernon is the closest lower-income city and East Bernstadt the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Barlow.

Population concentration

Barlow reads through its lone ZIP, 42024

1,490 ACS residents, one ZIP: 42024 is not the leading code inside Barlow, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Barlow

Citywide ZBP: 17 establishments, 116 employees , annual payroll $4,624k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42024 (17 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (3) · also Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Barlow, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Ballard County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Barlow. See the Ballard County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Ballard County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Barlow, Wickliffe, La Center and Bandana among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bandana marks the far end of that range at $92,176, 96% above Barlow.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42024 1,490 $46,925 17 13
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Barlow roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Barlow, .