The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 42259 sells for about $219,900, or $135 per square foot.
Prices are down 2.4% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 82 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,048 a month.
ZIP 42259 — Mammoth Cave
The housing market in 42259 is experiencing a slowdown characterized by high inventory relative to sales volume and a year-over-year decline in median prices. Limited transaction activity and extended days on market suggest a cooling environment for sellers in this rural Kentucky area. Market conditions are currently driven by broader regional economic headwinds affecting rural property demand.
Median prices moved down 2.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 82 days on market with 6.8 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 12.7% · poverty 22.8% — elevated distress and economic pressure.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 7.2%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 42259, Edmonson County KY
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau ZCTA 42259 profile tables.
World's longest known cave system and a major regional tourist anchor.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.