ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 40059

Oldham County, Kentucky: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

20,769
Population (ZIP)
0
Violent rate /100K (county)
3
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 40059 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 40059 sits within Oldham County, KY, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 40059 carries a Census-reported population of 20,769, ranking #3 of 7 ZIPs in Oldham County, spread across 28.17 square miles (about 737 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Oldham County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Oldham County crime page linked below.

ZIP 40059 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Oldham County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 40059 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$167,193
Median age
47.1 years
Owner-occupied homes
90%
Occupied homes
8,082

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 40059 settlement vs Oldham County

ZIP 40059 itself is about 737 people per Census sq mi across 28.2 sq mi (20,769 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 40059's 20,769 residents are about 30.7% of the 2024 county reporting population (67,607), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Oldham County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in burglary (50% of 2 offenses; mix index 5,000). ZIP 40059 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 40059

Similar Census population (~20,769)

County detail: Oldham County · State atlas: Kentucky

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.