ZIP code profile · 2024 county data
ZIP Code 42215
Christian County, Kentucky: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 177
- Property rate /100K (county)
- 1,618
- Population (ZIP)
- 18
- Violent rate /100K (county)
Is ZIP code 42215 safe? Honest data snapshot
ZIP code 42215 sits within Christian County, KY. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.
Christian County reported a violent-crime rate of 18 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 177 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.
Based on just 13 reported violent incidents across a county population of 72,748, this count is too low to support a reliable per-100K rate comparison. It may reflect a genuinely low-crime county, or it may reflect incomplete agency-level reporting to the FBI UCR Program for this county and year, small county-level counts are common in FBI Table 10 and should be treated as a data point, not a precise safety ranking.
ZIP 42215 carries a Census-reported population of 1,618, ranking #5 of 8 ZIPs in Christian County, spread across 56.44 square miles (about 29 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Christian County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Christian County crime page linked below.
ZIP 42215 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Christian County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.
ZIP 42215 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
- $73,750
- Median age
- 45.0 years
- Owner-occupied homes
- 88%
- Occupied homes
- 602
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).
Christian County UCR book ZIP 42215 inherits
ZIP 42215 itself is about 29 people per Census sq mi across 56.4 sq mi (1,618 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.
ZIP 42215 accounts for roughly 2.2% of the county reporting population (1,618 of 72,748).
Christian County leans on larceny-theft at 51% of reported offenses (mix index 3,553). ZIP 42215 has no separate FBI offense book.
Christian County 2024 vs 2023: property counts -30% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.
Christian County offense mix (2024)
Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.
Nationwide peers for ZIP 42215
Similar county violent rate (~18/100K)
- ZIP 04414, ME · 17.9/100K · Piscataquis County
- ZIP 78407, TX · 17.8/100K · Nueces County
- ZIP 56316, MN · 17.7/100K · Pope County
- ZIP 53002, WI · 17.5/100K · Washington County
Similar Census population (~1,618)
- ZIP 04352, ME · 1,618 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 50604, IA · 1,618 pop · Δ0
- ZIP 51551, IA · 1,619 pop · Δ1
- ZIP 55335, MN · 1,617 pop · Δ1
County detail: Christian 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.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.