ZIP 41858 · Whitesburg
Who lives in ZIP code 41858 (Whitesburg, KY): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Whitesburg, KY · Letcher County
uszips 2026
People7,031
Median age41.0
Household income$45,933
Home value$86,098
Median rent$654/mo
Poverty33.0%
College degree+11.9%
Commute34 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 31 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,728
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
23.1% are 65 or older; 77.1% are adults.
Household income
17.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $24,495.
Education (adults 25+)
46.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
0.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 50.3%
- Never married
- 26.4%
- Divorced
- 15.5%
- Widowed
- 7.9%
- Family size
- 2.84
- Dual-income families
- 28.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 74.3%
- Rent burden
- 32.2%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 41.9%
- Unemployment
- 6.4%
- Self-employed
- 13.1%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 10.2%
- Veterans
- 5.6%
- With a disability
- 27.5%
- No health insurance
- 4.1%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.