ZIP 42716 · Buffalo
Who lives in ZIP code 42716 (Buffalo, KY): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Buffalo, KY · Larue County
uszips 2026
People1,659
Median age46.0
Household income$72,125
Home value$183,151
Median rent$1,114/mo
Poverty9.9%
College degree+13.6%
Commute21 min
Place
- Metro area
- Elizabethtown, KY
- Wider region
- Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 20 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 698
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.6% are 65 or older; 82.5% are adults.
Household income
21.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $36,213.
Education (adults 25+)
49.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
7.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 58.3%
- Never married
- 18.7%
- Divorced
- 19.6%
- Widowed
- 3.4%
- Family size
- 2.56
- Dual-income families
- 44.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 89.8%
- Rent burden
- 29.5%
- Men / women
- 55% / 45%
Work
- In labor force
- 57.6%
- Unemployment
- 1.5%
- Self-employed
- 14.3%
- Farmers
- 11.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 14.3%
- Veterans
- 3.5%
- With a disability
- 10.8%
- No health insurance
- 3.3%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.