ZIP 40456 · Mount Vernon
Who lives in ZIP code 40456 (Mount Vernon, KY): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Mount Vernon, KY · Rockcastle County
uszips 2026
People8,370
Median age48.0
Household income$46,907
Home value$157,883
Median rent$648/mo
Poverty22.6%
College degree+16.7%
Commute24 min
Place
- Metro area
- Richmond-Berea, KY (micro)
- Wider region
- Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 20 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 3,645
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.8% are 65 or older; 80.9% are adults.
Household income
20.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $29,519.
Education (adults 25+)
30.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.4%
- Never married
- 20.7%
- Divorced
- 14.9%
- Widowed
- 9.1%
- Family size
- 2.81
- Dual-income families
- 42.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 72.3%
- Rent burden
- 27.1%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 46.0%
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
- Self-employed
- 11.6%
- Farmers
- 9.9%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 11.6%
- Veterans
- 5.3%
- With a disability
- 26.9%
- No health insurance
- 5.0%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.