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Owensboro, KY ZIP Codes

4 ZIP codes use the postal name Owensboro, Kentucky (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 2 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $64,773 in 42303 to $66,885 in 42301 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Owensboro's most populous ZIP code is 42301, with 45,445 people (ACS 2020-2024); 7% of its land is in the city of Owensboro.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Owensboro's ZIP codes?

42301: $67k median household income42303: $65k median household income423014230342301: $67k median household income42303: $65k median household income423014230342301: $67k median household income42303: $65k median household income4230142303
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Owensboro, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Owensboro's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 42301 ($66,885), the lowest in 42303 ($64,773). Home values run from $198,200 in 42303 to $198,200 in 42301.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Owensboro

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Owensboro, KY, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
42301 Daviess County 45,445 263 $67k $198k
42303 Daviess County 42,119 863 $65k $198k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Owensboro

2 ZIP codes named Owensboro have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Owensboro, KY: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
42302Daviess County
42304Daviess County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Owensboro's ZIP codes reach?

Owensboro's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Daviess County (2 ZIP codes mainly there), Henderson County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Owensboro's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Owensboro's residential ZIP codes cover Owensboro itself and 7 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Curdsville census-designated 42301
  • Moseleyville census-designated 42301
  • Sorgho census-designated 42301
  • St. Joseph census-designated 42301
  • Stanley census-designated 42301
  • Thruston census-designated 42303
  • West Louisville census-designated 42301

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Owensboro's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Owensboro starts with 423.

Three-digit prefixes of Owensboro's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Owensboro's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
423 Evansville, IN (SCF 476) 4 45

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.