PlainZIP

Melvin, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Melvin, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 534. 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 MELVIN-KY · Melvin, KY 1 ZIPs · 534 pop · #25013/25278 · Floyd County

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

  • INC-LOW $25,921
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25013/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hueysville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 534
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $90,600

Nearest income peer: Hueysville, KY (+ $7,477 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 Melvin

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

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
534
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$25,921
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 ($25,921 average) · poverty 36.4%. The primary code (41650) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Melvin as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

Melvin reads through its lone ZIP, 41650

534 ACS residents, one ZIP: 41650 is not the leading code inside Melvin, 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 Melvin

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 77 employees , annual payroll $2,939k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 41650 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Melvin, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Floyd County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Melvin. See the Floyd County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Floyd County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Melvin, Prestonsburg, Harold and Martin among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Langley marks the far end of that range at $76,827, 196% above Melvin.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41650 534 $25,921 3 60
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Melvin 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 Melvin, .