What is the population of London city?

London city has 7,576 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in London city?

Median household income in London city is $45,850 a year, 41.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $783 a month and the median home value is $155,500, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so London city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kentucky · Census place 47476

London, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of London, Kentucky (London, KY — Census place “London city”) is 7,576 residents, ranking #59 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $45,850, the median home is worth $155,500 and median gross rent runs $783 a month. Looking for the London Kentucky ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve London, KY: 40741, 40744.

Population: 7,576London city residents
Median household income: $45,850Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $155,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $783Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.5%Owner-occupied households

London ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps London.

The London KY ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in London city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the London city median would spend about 20.5% 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 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 31.7% of residents and 48.5% of households own their home.

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

London city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

London city is a mid-size town in Kentucky, with 7,576 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 39.4 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 London city earn a median of $45,850 a year, 41.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 31.7% 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 London city is valued at $155,500, 48.7% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $783 a month, 44.3% below the national figure, or roughly $9,396 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 48.5% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of London city?: London city has 7,576 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in London city?: Median household income in London city is $45,850 a year, 41.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in London city?: Median gross rent is $783 a month and the median home value is $155,500, so rent absorbs about 20.5% of median household income.
Is London city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so London city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this London 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.