Allen, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Allen city is a very small community in Kentucky, with 157 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #486 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 12% of them. The median age here is 22.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Allen city earn a median of $33,036 a year, 57.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 40% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Allen city is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $944 a month, 32.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,328 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 34.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. 68.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 22.8 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 157 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Allen city against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld home value for Allen city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.