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Paintsville, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Paintsville, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,916. 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 PAINTSVILLE-KY · Paintsville, KY 1 ZIPs · 6,916 pop · #24171/25278 · Johnson County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $38,041
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24171/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Van Lear
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 54% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,916
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $148,000

Nearest income peer: Van Lear, KY ( $2,208 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 Paintsville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Paintsville 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, Paintsville, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,916
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$38,041
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 ($38,041 average) · poverty 26.3%. The primary code (41240) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (53.7%) for this income tier, rent $673 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Kentucky, Pineville is the closest lower-income city and Stoney Fork the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Paintsville.

Population concentration

Paintsville reads through its lone ZIP, 41240

6,916 ACS residents, one ZIP: 41240 is not the leading code inside Paintsville, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Paintsville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 234 establishments, 2,885 employees , annual payroll $103,782k (~34 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 41240 (234 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (59) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Paintsville, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Johnson County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Paintsville. See the Johnson County roll-up →

Paintsville sits in the lower half of Johnson County on income: Hagerhill, Staffordsville and Flatgap report more, and only Van Lear reports less. Meally marks the far end of that range at $70,288, 85% above Paintsville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41240 6,916 $38,041 234 60
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Paintsville 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 Paintsville, .