ZIP code · Center · Kentucky · United States
ZIP code 42214 — Center
ZIP code 42214 serves Center, Kentucky.
- Postal code
- 42214Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Center
- County
- Metcalfe FIPS 21169
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 37.1177, -85.7038 — precision estimated (postal-area centroid)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 664 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 31 / sq mi
- Land area
- 21.2 sq mi (55 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $48,281
- Per-capita income
- $29,194
- Median age
- 57.3
- Households
- 267
- Housing units
- 273
- Median home value
- $160,800
- Median gross rent
- $728 / month
- Congressional districts
- KY-1 (also 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 42214
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 86°F), coldest Jan (avg low 25°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 44 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 81 | 70 | 57 | 48 |
| Avg low °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: KNOB LICK 4S (6.5 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 42214
- 1 restaurants & cafés
- 1 post offices
- 5 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 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