Lucas, KY
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lucas, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 254. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet LUCAS-KY · Lucas, KY 1 ZIPs · 254 pop · #4779/25278 · Barren County
INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $98,000
- RANK-TOP #4779/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Austin
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 100% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 254
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $211,900
Nearest income peer: Austin, KY ( $36,990 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 Lucas
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lucas on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Cave City · lowest
Cave City · lowest
$42,893 median HH income
- Park City · near
Park City · near
$49,364 median HH income
- Glasgow · near
Glasgow · near
$52,896 median HH income
- Austin · near
Austin · near
$61,010 median HH income
- Lucas · this city · highest
Lucas · this city · highest
$98,000 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lucas, KY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 19%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 254
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $98,000
- 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.
High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $98,000 and home value $211,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 16.8%.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within Kentucky, Pendleton is the closest lower-income city and Finchville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lucas.
Population concentration
Lucas reads through its lone ZIP, 42156
254 ACS residents, one ZIP: 42156 is not the leading code inside Lucas, 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
Mid-pack ZBP load on Lucas's one ZIP
Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 11 employees , annual payroll $543k (~16 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42156 (4 units) .
ZIP Codes in Lucas, KY
These ZIP codes sit in Barren County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lucas. See the Barren County roll-up →
No other city sharing Barren County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lucas. Glasgow, Cave City and Park City sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Cave City marks the far end of that range at $42,893, 56% below Lucas.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42156 | 254 | $98,000 | 4 | 18 |
Lucas 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 Lucas, .