PlainZIP

Summer Shade, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Summer Shade, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,314. 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 SUMMER-SHADE-KY · Summer Shade, KY 1 ZIPs · 2,314 pop · #21840/25278 · Monroe County

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

  • INC-MID $49,783
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21840/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tompkinsville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,314
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $116,200

Nearest income peer: Tompkinsville, KY ( $1,286 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 Summer Shade

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

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,314
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$49,783
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 ($49,783 average) · poverty 32.4%. The primary code (42166) 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 Summer Shade as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Dayhoit is the closest lower-income city and Hardyville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Summer Shade.

Population concentration

Summer Shade reads through its lone ZIP, 42166

2,314 ACS residents, one ZIP: 42166 is not the leading code inside Summer Shade, 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 Summer Shade

Citywide ZBP: 23 establishments, 273 employees , annual payroll $15,936k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42166 (23 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (5) · also Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Summer Shade, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Monroe County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Summer Shade. See the Monroe County roll-up →

Summer Shade lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Monroe County: Fountain Run, Mount Hermon and Hestand earn more and Tompkinsville and Gamaliel earn less. Hestand marks the far end of that range at $108,056, 117% above Summer Shade.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42166 2,314 $49,783 23 13
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Summer Shade 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 Summer Shade, .