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.

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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.

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, 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) .

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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, .