
Marion County · Kentucky
ZIP code 40033
- Population
- 11,729
- Median income
- $49,642
- Median home
- $160,000
- Sales tax
- 6%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Kentucky state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 40033 sits in Marion County, Kentucky and is home to 11,729 people. Median household income is $49,642, the median home is worth $160,000 and median gross rent is $733. 69.3% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Kentucky state rate).
- County
- Marion County
- State
- Kentucky (KY)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 21155
779 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 40033
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 11,729ZIP 40033 residents
- Median household income
- $49,642Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $160,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $733Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.3%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 40033 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 40033 is a mid-size town in Marion County, Kentucky, with 11,729 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #120 of 779 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 37.8 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 40033 earn a median of $49,642 a year, 36.8% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 21.2% 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 ZIP 40033 is valued at $160,000, 47.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $733 a month, 47.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
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.
Reading ZIP 40033 in context
How 40033 sits inside Marion County and Kentucky.
ZIP 40033 is tabulated inside Marion County, Kentucky, one of 8 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 779 across Kentucky. This is a mid-sized ZIP that covers a large share of its county's addresses. 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 40033 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 40033 reports a median household income of $49,642, 10% below the $55,060 county median, and 8% below the $53,906 typical KY ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $160,000, 17% above the county figure and 22% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $733 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 40033.
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 40033 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 40033
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
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.
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 40033 compares
ZIP 40033 against the median ZIP in Marion County and across Kentucky.
| Measure | ZIP 40033 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $49,642 | $55,060 | $53,906 | -8% |
| Median home value | $160,000 | $136,500 | $130,850 | +22% |
| Median gross rent | $733 | $703 | $791 | -7% |
| Population | 11,729 | 1,147 | 1,457 | +705% |
Medians are computed across the 8 ZIP areas in Marion County and the 779 ZIP areas in Kentucky.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 779 Kentucky ZIP areas.
- Income
- #390
- Home value
- #235
- Population
- #120
richer than 39% of 641 state ZIPs
above 64% of 654 state ZIPs
larger than 85% of 779 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Kentucky ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Marion County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Marion County, Kentucky.
ZIP 40033 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 40033?
- ZIP 40033 lies mostly in Marion 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 40033?
- Kentucky charges 6% statewide.
- Is 40033 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $733 a month, about 18% of median household income, and the median home is worth $160,000 — +22% 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.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Kentucky Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
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.