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Madisonville, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Madisonville, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 26,916. 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 MADISONVILLE-KY · Madisonville, KY 1 ZIPs · 26,916 pop · #20014/25278 · Hopkins County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $54,905
  • RANK-LOWER #20014/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nebo
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-SMALL 26,916
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $160,700

Nearest income peer: Nebo, KY ( $686 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 Madisonville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Madisonville 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, Madisonville, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

21st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
26,916
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,905
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 ($54,905 average) · poverty 22.2%. The primary code (42431) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Madisonville as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Beaver Dam is the closest lower-income city and Princeton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Madisonville.

Population concentration

Madisonville reads through its lone ZIP, 42431

26,916 ACS residents, one ZIP: 42431 is not the leading code inside Madisonville, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Madisonville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 707 establishments, 11,921 employees , annual payroll $620,269k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42431 (707 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (123) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Madisonville, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Hopkins County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Madisonville. See the Hopkins County roll-up →

Madisonville sits in the lower half of Hopkins County on income: Dawson Springs, Nortonville and Hanson report more, White Plains and Earlington report less. Hanson marks the far end of that range at $95,417, 74% above Madisonville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42431 26,916 $54,905 707 62
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Madisonville 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 Madisonville, .