Smilax, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Smilax, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 741. 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 SMILAX-KY · Smilax, KY 1 ZIPs · 741 pop · #24546/25278 · Leslie County

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

  • INC-LOW $34,556
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24546/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hyden
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 741
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $18,100

Nearest income peer: Hyden, KY (+ $378 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 Smilax

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

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
741
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$34,556
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 ($34,556 average) · poverty 40.3%. The primary code (41764) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Smilax as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Denton is the closest lower-income city and Mc Kee the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Smilax.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 41764, is all of Smilax

There is no split to weigh here: 41764 holds every one of Smilax's 741 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 Smilax's ZIPs

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

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ZIP Codes in Smilax, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Leslie County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Smilax. See the Leslie County roll-up →

Smilax lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Leslie County: Stinnett and Essie earn more and Yeaddiss and Thousandsticks earn less. Essie marks the far end of that range at $53,388, 54% above Smilax.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41764 741 $34,556 n/a 15

Smilax 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 Smilax, .