What is the population of Flatwoods city?

Flatwoods city has 7,281 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Flatwoods city?

Median household income in Flatwoods city is $60,467 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Flatwoods city?

Median gross rent is $923 a month and the median home value is $112,200, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Flatwoods city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Flatwoods city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Flatwoods, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Flatwoods, Kentucky (Flatwoods, KY — Census place “Flatwoods city”) is 7,281 residents, ranking #64 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $60,467, the median home is worth $112,200 and median gross rent runs $923 a month. Looking for the Flatwoods Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Flatwoods, KY: 41139.

Population: 7,281Flatwoods city residents
Median household income: $60,467Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $112,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $923Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.7%Owner-occupied households

Flatwoods ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Flatwoods.

The Flatwoods KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

41139

What the numbers mean in Flatwoods city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Flatwoods city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.2% of residents and 77.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Flatwoods city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Flatwoods city is a mid-size town in Kentucky, with 7,281 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #64 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 41.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Flatwoods city earn a median of $60,467 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% above the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Flatwoods city is valued at $112,200, 63% below the national figure and 29% below the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $923 a month, 34.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,076 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% 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 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 77.7% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.

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What is the population of Flatwoods city?: Flatwoods city has 7,281 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Flatwoods city?: Median household income in Flatwoods city is $60,467 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Flatwoods city?: Median gross rent is $923 a month and the median home value is $112,200, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Flatwoods city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Flatwoods city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Flatwoods city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.