ZIP code · Cave City · Kentucky · United States
ZIP code 42127 — Cave City
ZIP code 42127 serves Cave City, Kentucky.
- Postal code
- 42127Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Cave City
- County
- Barren FIPS 21009
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 37.1170, -85.9443 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 6,356 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 71 / sq mi
- Land area
- 89.7 sq mi (232.4 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $43,190
- Per-capita income
- $25,751
- Median age
- 44.8
- Households
- 2,832
- Housing units
- 3,107
- Median home value
- $161,700
- Median gross rent
- $671 / month
- Congressional district
- KY-2 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/Chicago (UTC−6 / UTC−5 DST)
- Area code
- 270Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 42127
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 90°F), coldest Jan (avg low 29°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 47 | 52 | 62 | 73 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 60 | 51 |
| Avg low °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: GLASGOW (8.3 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 42127
- 1 hospitals & clinics
- 1 doctors & dentists
- 1 pharmacies
- 2 supermarkets
- 16 restaurants & cafés
- 2 bars & pubs
- 1 parks
- 1 gyms & sports centres
- 1 post offices
- 13 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 3 gas stations
- 1 EV charging stations
- 1 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page