Zip lookup · KY

42553
Science Hill, Kentucky.

Science Hill, Pulaski County, KY · Somerset, KY metro · population 5,649

What it costs per month · 42553 $1,025/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$512 (+100%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $113 +0%
$195,263$195,376 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $18,566 +11%
$176,810$195,376 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 42553 $1,025 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 42553$1,025
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 35 years.

Typical home values in zip 42553 rose 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $195,376 as of Sep 2026
+0.1%year on year

Typical home value — 42553

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 42553 $195,376 Somerset $180,411 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 42553$195,376
  • Somerset$180,411
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.6 42516 Bethelridge 540 — $170,452
8.3 42567 Eubank 5,390 — $172,943
8.9 42566 Yosemite 541 — $143,795
9.3 42533 Ferguson 897 — $160,047
9.7 42503 Somerset 25,321 $1,325 $236,925
11.1 42565 Windsor 758 — $185,735
11.3 42544 Nancy 5,520 — $145,855
12.6 40442 Kings Mountain 781 — $164,336
13.8 40489 Waynesburg 4,538 — $185,280
15.1 42541 Middleburg 498 — $152,480
15.8 42501 Somerset 18,214 $1,022 $154,282
16.7 42539 Liberty 9,249 — $162,185
17.3 42518 Bronston 3,031 — $200,593
17.4 42528 Dunnville 2,126 — $162,648
18.4 42519 Burnside 2,756 — $101,260

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