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Hazard, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hazard, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 17,252. 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 HAZARD-KY · Hazard, KY 1 ZIPs · 17,252 pop · #24001/25278 · Perry County

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

  • INC-LOW $39,439
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24001/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Viper
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 63% owners
  • POP-TOWN 17,252
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $97,600

Nearest income peer: Viper, KY (+ $7,644 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 Hazard

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hazard 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, Hazard, 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.

5th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
17,252
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$39,439
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 ($39,439 average) · poverty 27.4%. The primary code (41701) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.5%) for this income tier, rent $821 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Kentucky, Vanceburg is the closest lower-income city and Livingston the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hazard.

Population concentration

Hazard reads through its lone ZIP, 41701

17,252 ACS residents, one ZIP: 41701 is not the leading code inside Hazard, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Hazard's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 451 establishments, 7,914 employees , annual payroll $405,418k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 41701 (451 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (115) · also Retail trade · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Hazard, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Perry County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hazard. See the Perry County roll-up →

Hazard sits in the lower half of Perry County on income: Viper, Vicco and Cornettsville report more, Bulan and Busy report less. Happy marks the far end of that range at $103,065, 161% above Hazard.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41701 17,252 $39,439 451 45
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Hazard 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 Hazard, .