Emlyn, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Emlyn CDP is a very small community in Kentucky, with 527 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #348 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 31.2 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 Emlyn CDP earn a median of $59,911 a year, 23.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% above the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 19.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Emlyn CDP is valued at $152,700, 49.7% below the national figure and 3% below the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $730 a month, 48.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,760 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 527 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Emlyn CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.