PlainZIP

Tompkinsville, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Tompkinsville, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,145. 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 TOMPKINSVILLE-KY · Tompkinsville, KY 1 ZIPs · 8,145 pop · #22257/25278 · Monroe County

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

  • INC-MID $48,497
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22257/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Summer Shade
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,145
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $114,200

Nearest income peer: Summer Shade, 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 Tompkinsville

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

12th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,145
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$48,497
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 ($48,497 average) · poverty 23.6%. The primary code (42167) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Tompkinsville as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Flatgap is the closest lower-income city and Boons Camp the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Tompkinsville.

Population concentration

Tompkinsville reads through its lone ZIP, 42167

8,145 ACS residents, one ZIP: 42167 is not the leading code inside Tompkinsville, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Tompkinsville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 165 establishments, 2,162 employees , annual payroll $107,224k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42167 (165 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (40) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Tompkinsville, KY

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

Tompkinsville sits in the lower half of Monroe County on income: Summer Shade, Fountain Run and Mount Hermon report more, and only Gamaliel reports less. Hestand marks the far end of that range at $108,056, 123% above Tompkinsville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42167 8,145 $48,497 165 15
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Tompkinsville 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 Tompkinsville, .