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Nelson County · Kentucky

ZIP code 40013

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 40013 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
6,830

ZCTA residents

Median income
$97,592

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$241,500

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Kentucky state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 40013 sits in Nelson County, Kentucky and is home to 6,830 people. Median household income is $97,592, the median home is worth $241,500 and median gross rent is $1,086. 95.9% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Kentucky state rate).

County
Nelson County

FIPS 21179

State
Kentucky (KY)

779 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 40013

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
6,830ZIP 40013 residents
Median household income
$97,592Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$241,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,086Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
35.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
95.9%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 40013 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 40013 is a mid-size town in Nelson County, Kentucky, with 6,830 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #168 of 779 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 ZIP 40013 earn a median of $97,592 a year, 24.3% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 40013 is valued at $241,500, 20.4% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,086 a month, 22.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,032 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.4% 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. 95.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.

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.

Reading ZIP 40013 in context

How 40013 sits inside Nelson County and Kentucky.

ZIP 40013 is tabulated inside Nelson County, Kentucky, one of 8 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 779 across Kentucky. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 40013 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 40013 reports a median household income of $97,592, 40% above the $69,557 county median, and 81% above the $53,906 typical KY ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $241,500, 16% above the county figure and 85% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,086 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Kentucky charges 6% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 40013.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 40013 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 40013

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$60Before any exemptions

Kentucky levies 6% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
13%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.5×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,253/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
7.2%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 40013 compares

ZIP 40013 against the median ZIP in Nelson County and across Kentucky.

MeasureZIP 40013County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$97,592$69,557$53,906+81%
Median home value$241,500$208,500$130,850+85%
Median gross rent$1,086$941$791+37%
Population6,8302,8501,457+369%

Medians are computed across the 8 ZIP areas in Nelson County and the 779 ZIP areas in Kentucky.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 779 Kentucky ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 95% of 641 state ZIPs

#31
Home value

above 89% of 654 state ZIPs

#69
Population

larger than 78% of 779 state ZIPs

#168

Comparable ZIP codes

Kentucky ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
40071Spencer County$97,349$297,900$941
40223Jefferson County$97,033$343,600$1,431
40031Oldham County$96,682$316,300$1,120
40207Jefferson County$98,583$401,500$1,248
40514Fayette County$96,337$289,900$1,549
40205Jefferson County$98,990$361,900$1,095

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Nelson County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Nelson County, Kentucky.

ZIP 40013 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 40013?
ZIP 40013 lies mostly in Nelson County, Kentucky. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 40013?
Kentucky charges 6% statewide.
Is 40013 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,086 a month, about 13% of median household income, and the median home is worth $241,500 — +85% against the typical Kentucky ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 40013, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.