PlainZIP

Emerson, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Emerson, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 172. 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 EMERSON-KY · Emerson, KY 1 ZIPs · 172 pop · #16670/25278 · Lewis County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $62,344
  • RANK-LOWER #16670/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quincy
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 172
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $87,600

Nearest income peer: Quincy, KY ( $1,801 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 Emerson

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

median HH income

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Emerson, KY sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

34th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
172
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$62,344
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $62,344 and poverty 2.2% concentrate in 41135.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Emerson as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Stamping Ground is the closest lower-income city and Fountain Run the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Emerson.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 41135, is all of Emerson

There is no split to weigh here: 41135 holds every one of Emerson's 172 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Emerson's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Emerson. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Emerson, KY

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

No other city sharing Lewis County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Emerson. Vanceburg, Garrison and Tollesboro sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Garrison marks the far end of that range at $36,508, 41% below Emerson.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41135 172 $62,344 n/a 8
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Emerson 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 Emerson, .