Shelby Gap, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shelby Gap, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 445. 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 SHELBY-GAP-KY · Shelby Gap, KY 1 ZIPs · 445 pop · #22825/25278 · Pike County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $46,250
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22825/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pikeville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 445
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $147,200

Nearest income peer: Pikeville, KY (+ $1,099 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 Shelby Gap

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shelby Gap on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Shelby Gap, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

10th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
445
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$46,250
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 ($46,250 average) · poverty 26.5%. The primary code (41563) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (83.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shelby Gap as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Monticello is the closest lower-income city and Irvine the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shelby Gap.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 41563, is all of Shelby Gap

There is no split to weigh here: 41563 holds every one of Shelby Gap's 445 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Shelby Gap's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Shelby Gap. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Shelby Gap, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Pike County, which covers 36 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shelby Gap. See the Pike County roll-up →

Shelby Gap lands mid-pack among the 11 cities sharing Pike County: Kimper, Raccoon and Sidney earn more and Elkhorn City, Virgie and Belfry earn less. Kimper marks the far end of that range at $65,033, 41% above Shelby Gap.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41563 445 $46,250 n/a 31

Shelby Gap 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 Shelby Gap, .