42056
La Center, Kentucky.
La Center, Ballard County, KY · Paducah, KY-IL metro · population 1,450
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$362 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $6,566 -5%
- $139,338$132,772 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $23,583 +22%
- $109,189$132,772 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.
- 42056$697
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in zip 42056 fell 4.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: La Center, KY — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 42056
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 42056$132,772
- Paducah$172,916
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | 42024 | Barlow | 1,205 | — | $127,446 |
| 6.0 | 42053 | Kevil | 5,307 | — | $174,853 |
| 9.0 | 62941 | Grand Chain | 639 | — | $141,316 |
| 9.6 | 42087 | Wickliffe | 2,089 | — | $133,269 |
| 11.9 | 62956 | Karnak | 1,172 | — | $77,371 |
| 12.1 | 42086 | West Paducah | 3,775 | — | $224,305 |
| 13.0 | 62914 | Cairo | 1,765 | — | $44,596 |
| 15.1 | 62908 | Belknap | 440 | — | $155,317 |
| 15.9 | 42001 | Paducah | 30,856 | $1,248 | $228,131 |
| 16.2 | 42023 | Bardwell | 2,529 | — | $143,025 |
| 16.5 | 42035 | Cunningham | 816 | — | $201,710 |
| 17.0 | 62960 | Metropolis | 10,783 | — | $120,922 |
| 18.0 | 42069 | Melber | 1,214 | — | $221,862 |
| 19.1 | 62988 | Tamms | 1,149 | — | $100,969 |
| 19.7 | 62926 | Dongola | 1,998 | — | $138,428 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.