Big Creek, KY
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Big Creek, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 467. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BIG-CREEK-KY · Big Creek, KY 1 ZIPs · 467 pop · #24983/25278 · Clay County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $26,502
- RANK-BOTTOM #24983/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Sextons Creek
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 86% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 467
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $47,200
Nearest income peer: Sextons Creek, KY ( $9,701 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 Big Creek
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Big Creek on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Sextons Creek · lowest $16,801
Sextons Creek · lowest
$16,801 median HH income
- Big Creek · this city
Big Creek · this city
$26,502 median HH income
- Oneida · near
Oneida · near
$41,250 median HH income
- Manchester · near
Manchester · near
$42,852 median HH income
- Beverly · highest
Beverly · highest
$51,023 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Big Creek, 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.
- 1st pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 467
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $26,502
- 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 ($26,502 average) · poverty 33.9%. The primary code (40914) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Kentucky, Elkfork is the closest lower-income city and Gunlock the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Big Creek.
Population concentration
Big Creek's single ZIP 40914 carries the town
Big Creek is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 40914 is the entire residential footprint (467 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Big Creek
Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 5 employees , annual payroll $230k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 40914 (3 units) .
ZIP Codes in Big Creek, KY
These ZIP codes sit in Clay County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Big Creek. See the Clay County roll-up →
Big Creek sits in the lower half of Clay County on income: Manchester, Oneida and Beverly report more, and only Sextons Creek reports less. Beverly marks the far end of that range at $51,023, 93% above Big Creek.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40914 | 467 | $26,502 | 3 | 15 |
Big Creek 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 Big Creek, .