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Bancroft ZIP codes, Kentucky

No ZIP code is named for Bancroft, KY; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. 2 ZIP codes cover it: 40222 and 40242. Its area code is 502.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
2 more
Population
479
Area code
502

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Bancroft itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Louisville (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Bancroft in numbers

About 479 people live in Bancroft, in 206 households. The median household income is $110,000 a year, 73% above the Kentucky median of $63,726 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $368,300 (79% above the Kentucky median). The median age is 43.8; 79.6% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (27.6% across Kentucky); the average commute takes 18 minutes.

Population479Bancroft479
Households206Bancroft206
Median age43.8Bancroft43.8Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$110,000Bancroft$110,000Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$368,300Bancroft$368,300Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher79.6%Bancroft79.6%Kentucky27.6%US 35.7%
Mean commute17.9 minBancroft17.9 minKentucky24.0 minUS 26.4 min
Population density3,151 / sq miBancroft3,151 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Bancroft city. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Bancroft

These ZIP codes cover part of Bancroft but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Bancroft
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
40222 Louisville , KY Standard 21,470 $82,511 $363,000
40242 Louisville , KY Standard 11,168 $75,417 $299,600

Map of Bancroft ZIP codes

4022240242

The ZIP codes of Bancroft, KY, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Bancroft

The nearest larger towns are Spring Valley (707 people, 0.7 mi), Plantation (1,013 people, 0.9 mi) and Graymoor-Devondale (2,802 people, 1.0 mi).

Towns near Bancroft
TownPopulationDistance
Graymoor-Devondale 2,802 1.0 mi
Lyndon 11,030 2.0 mi
St. Matthews 17,577 3.0 mi
Indian Hills 2,897 3.3 mi
Hurstbourne 4,702 3.4 mi
Anchorage 2,506 4.1 mi
Prospect 4,542 4.2 mi
Douglass Hills 5,474 4.7 mi
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 5.6 mi
Middletown 9,763 5.7 mi
Jeffersontown 29,199 6.0 mi
Crestwood 6,356 8.2 mi
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government 631,818 8.6 mi
Clarksville, IN 22,016 8.9 mi

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