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Clay City, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Clay City, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,898. 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 CLAY-CITY-KY · Clay City, KY 1 ZIPs · 5,898 pop · #23528/25278 · Powell County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $42,564
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23528/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Stanton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,898
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $144,600

Nearest income peer: Stanton, KY ( $4,830 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 Clay City

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Clay City 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, Clay City, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

7th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,898
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$42,564
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 ($42,564 average) · poverty 23.1%. The primary code (40312) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Clay City as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Gray is the closest lower-income city and Sandy Hook the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Clay City.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 40312, is all of Clay City

There is no split to weigh here: 40312 holds every one of Clay City's 5,898 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Clay City

Citywide ZBP: 62 establishments, 611 employees , annual payroll $24,244k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 40312 (62 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (16) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Clay City, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Powell County, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Clay City. See the Powell County roll-up →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
40312 5,898 $42,564 62 40
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