PlainZIP

Letcher, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Letcher, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 424. 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 LETCHER-KY · Letcher, KY 1 ZIPs · 424 pop · #24875/25278 · Letcher County

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

  • INC-LOW $29,063
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24875/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Ermine
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 52% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 424
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Ermine, KY ( $4,357 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 Letcher

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

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
424
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$29,063
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 ($29,063 average) · poverty 14.3%. The primary code (41832) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (52.1%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Letcher reads through its lone ZIP, 41832

424 ACS residents, one ZIP: 41832 is not the leading code inside Letcher, 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 Letcher

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 7 employees , annual payroll $147k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 41832 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Letcher, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Letcher County, which covers 24 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Letcher. See the Letcher County roll-up →

Letcher sits in the lower half of Letcher County on income: Whitesburg, Jenkins and Mayking report more, Ermine and Mc Roberts report less. Jeremiah marks the far end of that range at $60,500, 108% above Letcher.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41832 424 $29,063 3 26
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