Zip lookup · KY

42261
Morgantown, Kentucky.

Morgantown, Butler County, KY · Bowling Green, KY metro · population 9,641

What it costs per month · 42261 $916/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$382 (+71%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $18,514 -10%
$193,115$174,601 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $3,778 +2%
$170,823$174,601 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 42261 $916 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 42261$916
  • United States$1,922

Typical home values in zip 42261 fell 9.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $174,601 as of Sep 2026
-9.6%year on year

Typical home value — 42261

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 42261 $174,601 Bowling Green $257,589 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 42261$174,601
  • Bowling Green$257,589
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.5 42273 Rochester 519 — $134,606
11.6 42333 Cromwell 644 — $124,547
12.3 42275 Roundhill 855 — $165,852
14.0 42349 Horse Branch 1,962 — $125,896
14.2 42320 Beaver Dam 9,128 — $149,095
15.2 42101 Bowling Green 65,421 $1,135 $234,091
16.7 42721 Caneyville 4,353 — $153,473
17.2 42339 Dunmor 840 — $121,949
18.1 42337 Drakesboro 1,683 — $89,737
19.3 42274 Rockfield 2,157 — $285,783
19.6 42210 Brownsville 4,231 — $190,767
19.6 42324 Belton 1,228 — $145,204

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