Zip lookup · KY

42024
Barlow, Kentucky.

Barlow, Ballard County, KY · Paducah, KY-IL metro · population 1,205

What it costs per month · 42024 $669/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$364 (+119%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $10,577 -8%
$138,022$127,446 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $23,390 +22%
$104,056$127,446 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 42024 $669 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 42024$669
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 42024 fell 7.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Barlow, KY — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $127,446 as of Sep 2026
-7.7%year on year

Typical home value — 42024

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 42024 $127,446 Paducah $172,916 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 42024$127,446
  • Paducah$172,916
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.4 42056 La Center 1,450 — $132,772
7.4 42087 Wickliffe 2,089 — $133,269
8.7 62914 Cairo 1,765 — $44,596
9.8 42053 Kevil 5,307 — $174,853
12.3 62941 Grand Chain 639 — $141,316
14.1 42023 Bardwell 2,529 — $143,025
15.5 62956 Karnak 1,172 — $77,371
15.5 42086 West Paducah 3,775 — $224,305
16.5 63834 Charleston 5,169 — $99,933
16.7 42035 Cunningham 816 — $201,710
17.4 62988 Tamms 1,149 — $100,969
18.8 42001 Paducah 30,856 $1,248 $228,131
19.1 62908 Belknap 440 — $155,317
19.1 42021 Arlington 1,090 — $118,872
19.2 42069 Melber 1,214 — $221,862

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.