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La Fayette, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for La Fayette, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 209. 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 LA-FAYETTE-KY · La Fayette, KY 1 ZIPs · 209 pop · #22546/25278 · Christian County

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

  • INC-MID $47,250
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22546/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hopkinsville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 209
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $99,000

Nearest income peer: Hopkinsville, KY (+ $4,284 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 La Fayette

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

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
209
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,250
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 ($47,250 average) · poverty 14.1%. The primary code (42254) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating La Fayette as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Corbin is the closest lower-income city and Oil Springs the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for La Fayette.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 42254, is all of La Fayette

There is no split to weigh here: 42254 holds every one of La Fayette's 209 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 La Fayette's ZIPs

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

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ZIP Codes in La Fayette, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Christian County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in La Fayette. See the Christian County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Christian County reports a higher average ZIP median income than La Fayette, Hopkinsville, Fort Campbell and Oak Grove among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Gracey marks the far end of that range at $90,265, 91% above La Fayette.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42254 209 $47,250 n/a 16
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