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Oakland, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Oakland, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,195. 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 OAKLAND-KY · Oakland, KY 1 ZIPs · 1,195 pop · #14598/25278 · Warren County

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

  • INC-MID $66,756
  • RANK-MID #14598/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Smiths Grove
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,195
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $264,400

Nearest income peer: Smiths Grove, KY (+ $3,435 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 Oakland

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Oakland 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, Oakland, KY sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

42nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,195
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,756
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,756 and poverty 2.1% concentrate in 42159.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Oakland as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Port Royal is the closest lower-income city and Auburn the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Oakland.

Population concentration

Oakland's single ZIP 42159 carries the town

Oakland is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 42159 is the entire residential footprint (1,195 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Oakland

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 259 employees , annual payroll $17,057k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42159 (8 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Oakland, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Warren County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Oakland. See the Warren County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Warren County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Oakland, Bowling Green, Smiths Grove and Alvaton among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Alvaton marks the far end of that range at $113,705, 70% above Oakland.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42159 1,195 $66,756 8 16
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Oakland 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 Oakland, .