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Horse Cave, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Horse Cave, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,245. 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 HORSE-CAVE-KY · Horse Cave, KY 1 ZIPs · 5,245 pop · #22983/25278 · Hart County

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

  • INC-MID $45,500
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22983/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hardyville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,245
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $142,200

Nearest income peer: Hardyville, KY (+ $4,500 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 Horse Cave

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

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,245
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$45,500
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 ($45,500 average) · poverty 21.2%. The primary code (42749) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Horse Cave as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Bee Spring is the closest lower-income city and New Hope the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Horse Cave.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 42749, is all of Horse Cave

There is no split to weigh here: 42749 holds every one of Horse Cave's 5,245 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Horse Cave's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 91 establishments, 2,952 employees , annual payroll $155,513k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42749 (91 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (17) · also Other services (except public administration) · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Horse Cave, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Hart County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Horse Cave. See the Hart County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Hart County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Horse Cave, Munfordville, Magnolia and Hardyville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bonnieville marks the far end of that range at $60,000, 32% above Horse Cave.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42749 5,245 $45,500 91 22
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Horse Cave 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 Horse Cave, .