PlainZIP

Melber, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Melber, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,100. 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 MELBER-KY · Melber, KY 1 ZIPs · 1,100 pop · #22102/25278 · Graves County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $48,929
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22102/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mayfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 91% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,100
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $208,500

Nearest income peer: Mayfield, KY ( $265 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 Melber

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

13th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,100
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$48,929
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 ($48,929 average) · poverty 8.9%. The primary code (42069) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (90.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 42069, is all of Melber

There is no split to weigh here: 42069 holds every one of Melber's 1,100 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Melber

Citywide ZBP: 15 establishments, 61 employees , annual payroll $2,393k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42069 (15 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (7) .

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ZIP Codes in Melber, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Graves County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Melber. See the Graves County roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing Graves County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Melber, Hickory, Wingo and Boaz among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Hickory marks the far end of that range at $76,000, 55% above Melber.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42069 1,100 $48,929 15 16
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