PlainZIP

Chaplin, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chaplin, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 589. 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 CHAPLIN-KY · Chaplin, KY 1 ZIPs · 589 pop · #3673/25278 · Nelson County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $105,033
  • RANK-TOP #3673/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Coxs Creek
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 96% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 589
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $219,400

Nearest income peer: Coxs Creek, KY ( $4,807 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 Chaplin

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Chaplin 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, Chaplin, KY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 15%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
589
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$105,033
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $105,033 and home value $219,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 15.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (95.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Kentucky, Fort Thomas is the closest lower-income city and Adams the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chaplin.

Population concentration

Chaplin reads through its lone ZIP, 40012

589 ACS residents, one ZIP: 40012 is not the leading code inside Chaplin, 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 Chaplin

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 23 employees , annual payroll $729k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 40012 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Chaplin, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Nelson County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chaplin. See the Nelson County roll-up →

No other city sharing Nelson County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Chaplin. Bardstown, Coxs Creek and New Haven sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. New Hope marks the far end of that range at $45,750, 56% below Chaplin.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
40012 589 $105,033 6 23
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Chaplin 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 Chaplin, .