Union Star, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Union Star, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 243. 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 UNION-STAR-KY · Union Star, KY 1 ZIPs · 243 pop · #22896/25278 · Breckinridge County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $45,929
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22896/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Harned
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 243
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $81,800

Nearest income peer: Harned, KY ( $4,218 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 Union Star

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

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
243
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$45,929
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 ($45,929 average) · poverty 0.0%. The primary code (40171) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Union Star as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, White Plains is the closest lower-income city and Whitesburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Union Star.

Population concentration

Union Star reads through its lone ZIP, 40171

243 ACS residents, one ZIP: 40171 is not the leading code inside Union Star, 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Union Star's ZIPs

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

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ZIP Codes in Union Star, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Breckinridge County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Union Star. See the Breckinridge County roll-up →

Union Star sits in the lower half of Breckinridge County on income: Hardinsburg, Irvington and Webster report more, Harned, Cloverport and Hudson report less. Garfield marks the far end of that range at $81,708, 78% above Union Star.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
40171 243 $45,929 n/a 5

Union Star 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 Union Star, .