Estimated median household income in 2008: $35,648
| This zip code: | $35,648 | | Kentucky: | $41,538 |
Nearest zip codes: 42749, 42160, 42141, 42765, 42154, 42746.
Housing units in zip code 42127 with a mortgage: 586 (49 second mortgage, 74 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 501
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $874
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $265
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This zip code: | 19.3% | | Whole state: | 17.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This zip code: | 8.6% | | Whole state: | 7.6% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.9 | | State: | 5.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.6 | | State: | 4.3 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 64
- 1995 to 1998: 167
- 1990 to 1994: 179
- 1980 to 1989: 294
- 1970 to 1979: 531
- 1960 to 1969: 311
- 1950 to 1959: 318
- 1940 to 1949: 177
- 1939 or earlier: 385
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cave City, KY (42127): |
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- no bedroom: 9
- 1 bedrooms: 36
- 2 bedrooms: 390
- 3 bedrooms: 907
- 4 bedrooms: 205
- 5 or more bedrooms: 31
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 6
- 1 bedrooms: 80
- 2 bedrooms: 322
- 3 bedrooms: 196
- 4 bedrooms: 38
- 5 or more bedrooms: 2
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Vehicles available in 42127 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 68
- 1 vehicle: 331
- 2 vehicles: 740
- 3 vehicles: 335
- 4 vehicles: 77
- 5 or more vehicles: 27
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 81
- 1 vehicle: 299
- 2 vehicles: 175
- 3 vehicles: 65
- 4 vehicles: 12
- 5 or more vehicles: 12
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Estimated household income distribution in 2008:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2008 in zip code 42127:
- Less than $10,000: 55
- $10,000 to $14,999: 28
- $15,000 to $19,999: 43
- $20,000 to $24,999: 35
- $25,000 to $29,999: 28
- $30,000 to $34,999: 20
- $35,000 to $39,999: 22
- $40,000 to $49,999: 90
- $50,000 to $59,999: 72
- $60,000 to $69,999: 128
- $70,000 to $79,999: 119
- $80,000 to $89,999: 111
- $90,000 to $99,999: 96
- $100,000 to $124,999: 259
- $125,000 to $149,999: 146
- $150,000 to $174,999: 122
- $175,000 to $199,999: 97
- $200,000 to $249,999: 94
- $250,000 to $299,999: 25
- $300,000 to $399,999: 18
- $400,000 to $499,999: 10
- $500,000 to $749,999: 15
- $750,000 to $999,999: 16
- $1,000,000 or more: 15
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Rent paid by renters in 2008 in zip code 42127:
- Less than $100: 18
- $100 to $149: 19
- $150 to $199: 33
- $200 to $249: 48
- $250 to $299: 90
- $300 to $349: 118
- $350 to $399: 103
- $400 to $449: 74
- $450 to $499: 43
- $500 to $549: 9
- $550 to $599: 4
- $600 to $649: 1
- $650 to $699: 2
- $700 to $749: 4
- No cash rent: 52
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008: $63,959.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2008 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $102,633
- Black or African American householders: $84,932
- Asian householders: $204,522
- Two or more races householders: $48,341
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $96,683
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $99,696 (it was $66,200 in 2000)
| 42127: | $99,696 | | Kentucky: | $118,400 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $50,850 - $123,668
Mean price in 2008:
Detached houses: $146,157| Here: | $146,157 | | State: | $163,168 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $233,502| Here: | $233,502 | | State: | $173,615 |
In 2-unit structures: $45,831| Here: | $45,831 | | State: | $125,366 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $101,051| Here: | $101,051 | | State: | $160,102 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $320,013| Here: | $320,013 | | State: | $126,725 |
Mobile homes: $31,301| Here: | $31,301 | | State: | $33,636 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,818
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 410
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,954 (84%)
- Carpooled: 277 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 63 (3%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 88
- 5 to 9 minutes: 338
- 10 to 14 minutes: 356
- 15 to 19 minutes: 438
- 20 to 24 minutes: 428
- 25 to 29 minutes: 121
- 30 to 34 minutes: 237
- 35 to 39 minutes: 16
- 40 to 44 minutes: 13
- 45 to 59 minutes: 134
- 60 to 89 minutes: 51
- 90 or more minutes: 55
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 68.5%
Household type by relationship
Households: 5,360
- In family households: 4,714 (1,307 male householders, 332 female householders)
1,314 spouses, 1,473 children (1,317 natural, 23 adopted, 133 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 54 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 646 (245 male householders (213 living alone)), 330 female householders (299 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 817 2-persons, 386 3-persons, 290 4-persons, 109 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 512 1-person, 61 2-persons, 2 3-persons.
942 married couples with children.
263 single-parent households (59 men, 204 women).
97.7% of residents of 42127 zip code speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% very well, 17% well, 37% not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% very well, 34% well, 7% not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (13% very well, 60% well, 27% not well).
Foreign born population: 59 (1.1%)
(39.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.1% | | Whole state: | 2.0% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- India (31%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Netherlands (3%)
- Other Eastern Asia (3%)
- Ethiopia (3%)
- Honduras (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 8
- 1990 to 1994: 15
- 1985 to 1989: 18
- 1980 to 1984: 0
- 1975 to 1979: 8
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1970 to 1974: 2
- 1965 to 1969: 8
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White population: 5,103
Black population: 248
American Indian population: 5
Asian population: 24
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1
Some other race population: 6
Two or more races population: 33
First ancestries reported:
|  United States or American: 1431 |
|  English: 661 |
|  Other groups: 464 |
|  Irish: 296 |
|  German: 229 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 130 |
|  European: 52 |
|  Italian: 42 |
|  Scottish: 33 |
|  French (except Basque): 28 |
|  Norwegian: 25 |
|  Polish: 10 |
|  Dutch: 9 |
|  Russian: 8 |
|  Welsh: 8 |
|  Greek: 5 |
|  British: 3 |
|  French Canadian: 2 |
|  Finnish: 2 |
|  Turkish: 2 |
|  Czech: 1 |
|  Arab:: 1 |
|  Syrian: 1 |

facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- MOONSHINE BOAT TRAILERS (15 WALL STREET AND MOONSHINE BOULEVARD in CAVE CITY, KY)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business SIC classification: AUTOMOTIVE STAMPINGS
Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING.
Organizations: LINWOOD J. SWEITZER (CONTACT/OWNER)
, SCOTT SWEITZER (CONTACT/OWNER)
- CAVERNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (1106 N DIXIE HWY in CAVE CITY, KY)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-005113025
Organizations: CAVERNA INDEPENDENT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- BARREN COUNTY PLT (1140 FLINT KNOB RD in CAVE CITY, KY)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-04-2000-0221, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
Business SIC classification: ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS
- CAVE CITY (P O BOX 191 in CAVE CITY, KY)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-04-1988-0010, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
- CHEVRON USA PRODUCTS #49073 (I-64 & HWY 70 in CAVE CITY, KY)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- MINIT MART #45 (US 31W & HWY 70 in CAVE CITY, KY)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: MINIT MART FOODS INC. (CONTACT/OWNER)
- MONROE BROS FEED MIL (SOUTH 1ST STREET in CAVE CITY, KY)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: PREPARED FEEDS AND FEED INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMALS AND FOWLS, EXCEPT DOGS AND CATS
- OAKS, THE (5091 MAMMOTH CAVE RD in CAVE CITY, KY)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: JAMES CAMPBELL (CONTACT/OWNER)
- CAVERNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (RT. 3 BOX 93 in CAVE CITY, KY)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
- CAVERNA INDEP. SCHOOL DIST. (HWY 31 WEST in CAVE CITY, KY)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 42127
- Star Motel I, US 31 W South, Cave City, KY 42127, Phone: (270) 773-2983
- Masters Inn, 102 Happy Valley Rd, Cave City, KY 42127, Phone: (270) 773-3101, Fax: (270) 773-6082
- Comfort Inn & Suites, 819 Sanders St, Cave City, KY 42127, Phone: (270) 773-3335, Fax: (270) 773-5095
All 3 fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 42127
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,671
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (42%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4579
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 339
- South: 277
- West: 43
57% of the 42127 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Kentucky.
Population in 1990: 6,283. Population change in the 1990s: -863 (-13.7%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 2.7% | | Kentucky: | 11.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% | | Kentucky: | 10.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 13.3% | | Kentucky: | 18.1% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- 10-33 EQUIPMENT, INC (540 PETERSON ROAD in CAVE CITY, KY; small business): $207,857 in 5 contracts from 2001 to 2004
Contracts for Miscellaneous Fire Control Equipment, Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties, Safety and Rescue Equipment by Army Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $204,675; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $3,182; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$147,697 with Army for Miscellaneous Fire Control Equipment. Signed on 2001-10-25. Completion date: 2001-11-02.
$40,802 with Army for Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties. Signed on 2001-10-25. Completion date: 2001-12-11.
$16,176 with Army for Safety and Rescue Equipment. Signed on 2001-12-19. Completion date: 2002-01-11.
$2,884, same as above. Signed on 2004-09-20. Completion date: 2004-10-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 3, 10-19: 2)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (20-49: 1, 10-19: 5, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 3)
- Mining: Drilling Oil and Gas Wells (20-49: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Dentists (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
6 people in homes for the mentally ill
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