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Meade County · Kentucky

ZIP code 40175

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 40175 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
16,283

ZCTA residents

Median income
$75,156

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$205,500

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Kentucky state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 40175 sits in Meade County, Kentucky and is home to 16,283 people. Median household income is $75,156, the median home is worth $205,500 and median gross rent is $1,258. 75.8% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Kentucky state rate).

County
Meade County

FIPS 21163

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 40175

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

Population
16,283ZIP 40175 residents
Median household income
$75,156Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$205,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,258Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
75.8%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 40175 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 40175 is a mid-size town in Meade County, Kentucky, with 16,283 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #97 of 779 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 36.1 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 40175 earn a median of $75,156 a year, 4.3% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 12.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 40175 is valued at $205,500, 32.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,258 a month, 10.5% below the national figure, or roughly $15,096 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.1% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.8% 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.

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 40175 in context

How 40175 sits inside Meade County and Kentucky.

ZIP 40175 is tabulated inside Meade 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 40175 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 40175 reports a median household income of $75,156, 7% above the $70,271 county median, and 39% above the $53,906 typical KY ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $205,500, 11% above the county figure and 57% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,258 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 40175.

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 40175 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 40175

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
20%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.7×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,066/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
12.7%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 40175 compares

ZIP 40175 against the median ZIP in Meade County and across Kentucky.

MeasureZIP 40175County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$75,156$70,271$53,906+39%
Median home value$205,500$185,550$130,850+57%
Median gross rent$1,258$909$791+59%
Population16,2831,6761,457+1018%

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

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 779 Kentucky ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 83% of 641 state ZIPs

#106
Home value

above 84% of 654 state ZIPs

#107
Population

larger than 88% of 779 state ZIPs

#97

Comparable ZIP codes

Kentucky ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
40068Henry County$75,179$291,000$1,030
42724Hardin County$75,066$193,400$921
40356Jessamine County$75,264$246,300$1,020
42082Graves County$75,298$166,600$580
41262Martin County$75,012$42,600—
41042Boone County$75,582$210,500$1,240

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Meade County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Meade County, Kentucky.

ZIP 40175 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 40175?
ZIP 40175 lies mostly in Meade 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 40175?
Kentucky charges 6% statewide.
Is 40175 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,258 a month, about 20% of median household income, and the median home is worth $205,500 — +57% 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 40175, 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.