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Boone County, KY

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 7 ZIP codes inside Boone County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
7
in this county
Total population
138,478
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
7
distinct city/town names
Avg density
238
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Boone County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
41042 Florence 54,363 949
41005 Burlington 25,048 185
41091 Union 23,992 165
41048 Hebron 16,013 184
41094 Walton 14,313 131
41092 Verona 3,201 32
41080 Petersburg 1,548 22

About Boone County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Boone County in Kentucky contains roughly 7 ZIP codes spread across 7 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 138,478. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Kentucky index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 238, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Boone County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Boone County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.