ZIP Code 42378

Households in ZIP code 42378, near Owensboro, bring in a median of $73,419 a year, which works out to $37,345 per person. With a median home value of $181,400, property taxes at the county's 0.62% rate come to roughly $1,125 annually. That leaves a solid share of earnings for everything else the budget has to cover. Day-to-day purchases carry a combined sales tax of 6.00%, so spending is taxed at a fairly even clip rather than through steep income or property levies.