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Paducah, KY ZIP Codes

3 ZIP codes use the postal name Paducah, Kentucky (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 2 residential and 1 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $55,791 in 42003 to $71,365 in 42001, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Paducah's most populous ZIP code is 42001, with 30,856 people (ACS 2020-2024); 19% of its land is in the city of Paducah.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Paducah's ZIP codes?

42001: $71k median household income42003: $56k median household income420014200342001: $71k median household income42003: $56k median household income420014200342001: $71k median household income42003: $56k median household income4200142003
The 2 residential ZIP codes named Paducah, 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 Paducah's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 42001 ($71,365), the lowest in 42003 ($55,791). Home values run from $167,000 in 42003 to $215,300 in 42001.

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

All 2 residential ZIP codes of Paducah

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Paducah, KY, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
42001 McCracken County 30,856 416 $71k $215k
42003 McCracken County 29,672 430 $56k $167k

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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 Paducah

1 ZIP code named Paducah has 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.

Paducah, 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
42002McCracken County

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

Which counties do Paducah's ZIP codes reach?

Paducah's residential ZIP codes lie in McCracken County.

Which places do Paducah's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Paducah's residential ZIP codes cover Paducah itself and 4 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Farley census-designated 42003
  • Hendron census-designated 42003
  • Massac census-designated 42001
  • Reidland census-designated 42003

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

Which first three digits do Paducah'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 Paducah starts with 420.

Three-digit prefixes of Paducah'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 Paducah's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
420 Evansville, IN (SCF 476) 3 52

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