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South Shore, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for South Shore, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,591. 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 SOUTH-SHORE-KY · South Shore, KY 1 ZIPs · 5,591 pop · #23550/25278 · Greenup County

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

  • INC-LOW $42,419
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23550/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Argillite
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,591
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $101,800

Nearest income peer: Argillite, KY (+ $8,895 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 South Shore

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

7th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,591
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$42,419
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 ($42,419 average) · poverty 20.5%. The primary code (41175) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating South Shore as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Garrett is the closest lower-income city and Gray the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for South Shore.

Population concentration

South Shore reads through its lone ZIP, 41175

5,591 ACS residents, one ZIP: 41175 is not the leading code inside South Shore, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP South Shore

Citywide ZBP: 53 establishments, 714 employees , annual payroll $42,976k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 41175 (53 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (15) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in South Shore, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Greenup County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in South Shore. See the Greenup County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Greenup County reports a higher average ZIP median income than South Shore, Greenup, Flatwoods and Russell among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Russell marks the far end of that range at $66,473, 57% above South Shore.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
41175 5,591 $42,419 53 28
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South Shore 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 South Shore, .