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Briarwood ZIP codes, Kentucky

No ZIP code is named for Briarwood, KY; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 40242. Its area code is 502.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
388
Area code
502

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Briarwood 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.

Briarwood in numbers

About 388 people live in Briarwood, in 212 households. The median household income is $73,500 a year, 15% above the Kentucky median of $63,726 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $206,500 (about the same as the Kentucky median), and median gross rent is $1,630 a month. The median age is 47.2; 50.8% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (27.6% across Kentucky); the average commute takes 20 minutes.

Population388Briarwood388
Households212Briarwood212
Median age47.2Briarwood47.2Kentucky39.1US 38.9
Median household income$73,500Briarwood$73,500Kentucky$63,726US $80,734
Median home value$206,500Briarwood$206,500Kentucky$205,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,630Briarwood$1,630Kentucky$967US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher50.8%Briarwood50.8%Kentucky27.6%US 35.7%
Mean commute19.5 minBriarwood19.5 minKentucky24.0 minUS 26.4 min
Population density4,084 / sq miBriarwood4,084 / sq mi

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

ZIP codes covering Briarwood

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

ZIP codes overlapping Briarwood
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
40242 Louisville , KY Standard 11,168 $75,417 $299,600

Map of Briarwood ZIP codes

40242

The ZIP codes of Briarwood, 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 Briarwood

The nearest larger towns are Plantation (1,013 people, 0.4 mi), Westwood (432 people, 0.5 mi) and Langdon Place (917 people, 0.7 mi).

Towns near Briarwood
TownPopulationDistance
Lyndon 11,030 1.1 mi
Graymoor-Devondale 2,802 1.4 mi
Hurstbourne 4,702 2.7 mi
Anchorage 2,506 3.0 mi
St. Matthews 17,577 3.2 mi
Douglass Hills 5,474 3.6 mi
Indian Hills 2,897 4.3 mi
Middletown 9,763 4.6 mi
Prospect 4,542 4.8 mi
Jeffersontown 29,199 5.2 mi
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 6.8 mi
Crestwood 6,356 7.7 mi
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government 631,818 8.3 mi
Clarksville, IN 22,016 10.0 mi

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