Hinkle, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hinkle, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 998. 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 HINKLE-KY · Hinkle, KY 1 ZIPs · 998 pop · #25236/25278 · Knox County

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

  • INC-LOW $16,375
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25236/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scalf
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 998
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Scalf, KY (+ $67 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 Hinkle

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

0th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
998
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$16,375
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 ($16,375 average) · poverty 31.1%. The primary code (40953) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Hinkle as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Hinkle reads through its lone ZIP, 40953

998 ACS residents, one ZIP: 40953 is not the leading code inside Hinkle, 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 Hinkle

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 27 employees , annual payroll $320k (~3 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 40953 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Hinkle, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Knox County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hinkle. See the Knox County roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing Knox County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hinkle, Barbourville, Gray and Flat Lick among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Girdler marks the far end of that range at $67,143, 310% above Hinkle.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
40953 998 $16,375 3 34

Hinkle 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 Hinkle, .