ZIP Code 41543

Households in ZIP code 41543, near Pikeville, earn a median of $18,286, with per-capita income at $16,323 — figures that place the area firmly among Kentucky's lower-income communities. Property taxes run at a county-level effective rate of 0.69%, so a home's assessed value is taxed at well under one percent. Sales tax sits at 6.00% on purchases. Together these rates mean the tax load here is driven more by spending than by owning property. Incomes this far below state and national medians shape a working-class profile, where everyday costs weigh more heavily than property tax bills.