PlainZIP

Pine Knot, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Pine Knot, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,103. 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 PINE-KNOT-KY · Pine Knot, KY 1 ZIPs · 5,103 pop · #25065/25278 · McCreary County

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

  • INC-LOW $24,412
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25065/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Parkers Lake
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 57% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,103
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $91,300

Nearest income peer: Parkers Lake, KY (+ $6,838 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 Pine Knot

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

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,103
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$24,412
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 ($24,412 average) · poverty 42.3%. The primary code (42635) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (57.0%) for this income tier, rent $475 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Kentucky, Mc Roberts is the closest lower-income city and Hindman the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Pine Knot.

Population concentration

Pine Knot's single ZIP 42635 carries the town

Pine Knot is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 42635 is the entire residential footprint (5,103 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 Pine Knot

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 250 employees , annual payroll $10,692k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42635 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (10) · also Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Pine Knot, KY

These ZIP codes sit in McCreary County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Pine Knot. See the McCreary County roll-up →

Pine Knot sits in the lower half of McCreary County on income: Whitley City, Stearns and Strunk report more, and only Revelo reports less. Whitley City marks the far end of that range at $42,656, 75% above Pine Knot.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42635 5,103 $24,412 25 84
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Pine Knot 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 Pine Knot, .